Edward Orlando Bolaños Angulo (born 14 August 1998) is a Colombian professional

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who plays for

Cortuluá Cortuluá, officially named Cortuluá Fútbol Club S. A. and previously known as Corporación Club Deportivo Tuluá, is a Colombian football club from the municipality of Tuluá in the Valle del Cauca. It was founded in 1967 and plays in the Cate ...

as a

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for

Patriotas Boyacá Patriotas Boyacá, also known as Patriotas, is a professional Colombian football team based in Tunja, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. They play their home games at the La Independencia stadium. History Patriotas was founded i ...

Club career

Born in

Tumaco Tumaco is a port city and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia, by the Pacific Ocean. It is located on the southwestern corner of Colombia, near the border with Ecuador, and experiences a hot tropical climate. Tumaco is inhabited mai ...

, Bolaños represented CD Estudiantil de Medellín and

Rionegro Águilas Rionegro () is a city and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia, located in the subregion of Eastern Antioquia. The official name of the city is "Ciudad Santiago de Arma de Rionegro". Rio Negro means "Black River" in Spanish, as the c ...

as a youth. He moved to Spain in January 2017, after joining

Rayo Vallecano Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid, in the neighbourhood of Vallecas. Rayo was founded on 29 May 1924, and currently compete in La Lig ...

's youth setup on loan. Bolaños made his senior debut for Rayo's

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during the 2017–18 season, in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

. On 20 August 2018, he joined

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

side

SD Ponferradina Sociedad Deportiva Ponferradina, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Ponferrada, in the El Bierzo region, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 7 June 1922, it plays in Segunda División, holding home matches at the ...

, on loan from

; initially assigned to

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, he contributed with one goal in 14 appearances (play-offs included) as his side achieved promotion to

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

. Bolaños spent the 2019–20 campaign on loan at

CD Guijuelo Club Deportivo Guijuelo is a Spanish football team based in Guijuelo, Province of Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1974 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at the 1,500-seat ...

in the third division and

Fútbol Alcobendas Sport Paracuellos MX S.A.D., formerly known as Paracuellos Antamira is a Spanish football club based in Paracuellos de Jarama, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1995, it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadio Municipal'', which has ...

in the fourth division, but returned to ''Ponfe'' in June 2020, with his club extending his loan deal with Cortuluá for a further year. Bolaños made his professional debut on 12 September 2020, coming on as a late substitute for Yuri de Souza in a 1–2 home loss against

CD Castellón Club Deportivo Castellón, S.A.D. is a professional Spanish football team based in Castellón de la Plana, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 20 July 1922, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''No ...

for the second division championship.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bolanos, Edward 1998 births Living people Footballers from Tumaco Colombian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Águilas Doradas Rionegro players Cortuluá footballers Patriotas Boyacá footballers Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Rayo Vallecano B players SD Ponferradina B players SD Ponferradina players CD Guijuelo footballers CD Paracuellos Antamira players Colombian expatriate men's footballers Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain