Freddy Hinestroza Arias (born 5 April 1990) is a Colombian professional

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who plays as a winger for Colombian club

Atlético Bucaramanga Club Atlético Bucaramanga S.A., better known as Atlético Bucaramanga, is a Colombian professional football team based in Bucaramanga. The club plays its home games at the Alfonso López stadium. The club was founded on 11 May 1949 by Rafael C ...

Club career

Born in

Medellín Medellín ( or ), officially the Municipality of Medellín ( es, Municipio de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central re ...

, Hinestroza played for lowly CF Ferroválvulas de Medellín before passing in a trial at Atlético Nacional in October 2010. He failed to adapt into his new team, suffering with injuries and having dual registration problems. Despite appearing regularly during the pre-season (also occasionally playing as a

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), He only appeared in one league game for Atlético Nacional, a 1–2 home loss against La Equidad on 31 August 2011. On 23 January 2012 Hinestroza moved to La Equidad. He scored his first goal on 17 June, netting his side's last in a 2–2 home draw against

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. He was an ever-present midfield unit during Equidad's following campaigns. On 8 July 2014 Hinestroza moved abroad for the first time in his career, joining La Liga side

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in a one-year loan deal. He made his debut in the competition on 24 August, coming on as a second half substitute for

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in a 1–3 away loss against Celta de Vigo. On 5 August 2015 Hinestroza was loaned to Real Zaragoza in

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, for one year. Shortly before the 2019 Apertura, Hinestroza joined Atlético Junior. On 20 December 2023, Hinestroza joined

for the 2024 season.

International career

Hinestroza made his debut for the Colombia national team on 16 January 2022 in a 2–1 home win over

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Honours

Club

Atlético Nacional *

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(1): 2011–I Junior *

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(2):

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;

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(2): 2019–I, 2023-II Atlético Bucaramanga *

(1): 2024-1

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hinestroza, Fredy 1990 births Living people Footballers from Medellín Colombian men's footballers Men's association football wingers Categoría Primera A players La Liga players Segunda División players Liga MX players Atlético Nacional footballers La Equidad footballers Getafe CF footballers Real Zaragoza players Santos Laguna footballers C.D. Veracruz footballers Águilas Doradas players Atlético Junior footballers Colombian expatriate men's footballers Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico