Javier Andrés Estupiñán Romero (; born 8 February 1984) is a Colombian

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who plays as a

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for Honduran Liga Nacional club

Juticalpa Juticalpa () is the capital of Olancho Department in Honduras, with a population of 69,850 (2020 calculation), and the municipal seat of Juticalpa Municipality. Situated in a broad river valley alongside the Rio Juticalpa, the town is a commerci ...

Career

Early career

Estupiñan began his playing career in 2004 playing for

Deportivo Pasto Asociación Deportivo Pasto, also known as Deportivo Pasto, is a Colombian professional football team based in the city of Pasto, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Estadio Departamental Libertad. D ...

. In Deportivo Pasto he did not have much involvement and in the year 2005 he left the club, when he was loaned to

Girardot F.C. Giradot F.C. was a Colombian football (soccer) team, based in Girardot, Colombia. The club was founded in 1995 and played in Categoría Primera B. Due to financial difficulties, the team was relocated at the end of the 2008 season to the city ...

Honduras

He arrived in

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

to play for

Platense F.C. Platense Football Club S.A. de C.V. or simply Platense is a Honduran football club, located in Platense, Puerto Cortés, Cortés. The club was founded on 4 July 1960 and in 1965 became the first champions of the Honduran National Football Lea ...

At Platense he scored 14 goals. After a few seasons he moved to

Parrillas One Parrillas One (pronounced pah-RI-yas OH-neh) is a Honduran football team based in San Pedro Sula, Cortés. For the 2012–13 season they played at Estadio Alfredo León Gómez in Tela. They were first promoted to Liga Nacional de Futbol de Ho ...

where he continued to score goals.

Terengganu FA

He arrived in

Terengganu F.C. I Terengganu Football Club is a professional football club based in Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia, that competes in Malaysia Super League, the first division of Malaysian football league system. Nicknamed "The Turtles", the club was founded ...

with a high expectation from the fans. But he only scored 2 goals from 5 appearances in the

Malaysia Super League The Malaysia Super League ( ms, Liga Super Malaysia) is the men's top professional football division of the Malaysian football league system. Administered by the Football Malaysia Limited Liability Partnership (FMLLP), now known as the Malays ...

. He has been transfer after a bad season in Terengganu FA He returned to Honduras ahead of the 2015 Clausura championship when he joined

Club Deportivo Olimpia Club Deportivo Olimpia is a professional Honduran football club based in Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán. The club is the nation's most successful team both in the domestic league and in international club competitions. History Olimpia was f ...

. In 2018 he signed for city rivals

F.C. Motagua Club de Fútbol Motagua (), formerly Club Deportivo Motagua up to 2017, is an association football club, located in Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras. F.C. Motagua was founded as ''Club Deportivo Motagua'' on 29 August 1928. The club competes ...

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* 1984 births Living people Footballers from Nariño Department Men's association football forwards Colombian men's footballers Deportivo Pasto footballers Girardot F.C. footballers Patriotas Boyacá footballers Atlético Nacional footballers Chengdu Tiancheng F.C. players Chinese Super League players Platense F.C. players Parrillas One players Terengganu FC players C.D. Olimpia players F.C. Motagua players Colombian expatriate men's footballers Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Expatriate men's footballers in China Expatriate men's footballers in Honduras Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia Categoría Primera A players Categoría Primera B players Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players {{Colombia-footy-forward-stub