Óscar Fabián Murillo Murillo (born 18 April 1988) is a Colombian professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Murillo began his career in the youth system of famed Argentinian side

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. In 2007, he returned to Colombia to play for second division side

Centauros Villavicencio Corporación Deportiva Centauros Villavicencio, was a Colombian football club based in the city of Villavicencio. The club was founded on 14 January 2003 and played its home games at the Manuel Calle Lombana stadium, which has a capacity of 15,0 ...

. In 2008, he joined his hometown side

Deportes Quindío Deportes Quindío is a professional Colombian football club based in Armenia that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. The club was founded on 8 January 1951, and its best achievement was winning the 1956 league tournament. They play th ...

and became a regular starter. His play with Quindío led to interest from foreign sides, particularly from

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. He was signed on loan by

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in February 2010. His loan was terminated in July 2010 without Murillo making a single league appearance. On 20 February 2012, he played for

Atlético Nacional Atlético Nacional S. A., best known as Atlético Nacional, is a Colombian professional association football, football club based in Medellín. The club is one of only three clubs to have played in every first division tournament in the countr ...

and scored twice in their win against

Millonarios FC Millonarios Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian football team based in Bogotá, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the El Campín stadium. Millonarios was initially created in 1937 by student ...

Pachuca

On 10 December 2015, Pachuca announced that Murillo would be joining the team for the Clausura 2016.

International career

In May 2018 he was named in Colombia's preliminary 35 man

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for the

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in Russia.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Atlético Nacional *

Categoría Primera A The Categoría Primera A (), commonly referred to as Liga BetPlay Dimayor (between 2015 and 2019 ''Liga Águila'') due to sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay, is a Colombian professional league for association football clubs. It is the ...

(3): 2013-I, 2013-II, 2014-I *

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(2):

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(1):

Pachuca *

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(2): Clausura 2016, Apertura 2022 *

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(1): 2016–17 Colombia *

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third place:

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* * * 1988 births Living people People from Armenia, Colombia Colombian men's footballers Colombia men's international footballers Centauros Villavicencio footballers Boca Juniors footballers Deportes Quindío footballers Colorado Rapids players Deportivo Pereira footballers Atlético Nacional footballers C.F. Pachuca players Categoría Primera A players Argentine Primera División players Liga MX players Major League Soccer players Colombian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Colombian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Men's association football central defenders 2018 FIFA World Cup players 2021 Copa América players Colombian people of African descent {{Colombia-footy-defender-stub