Jeison Medina Escobar (born 27 February 1995) is a Colombian

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who plays for

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as either a right winger or a

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Club career

Born in

Itagüí Itagüí () is a city of Colombia, located in the south of the Aburrá Valley in the Antioquia Department. It is part of The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. Demographics The population at the 2005 census was 230,272. Its density is 17&nb ...

, Medina represented Atlético Nacional as a youth but was released at the age of 15. He later represented amateur sides Comfenalco, Club La Mazzia and Ditaires FC, scoring more than 60 goals for the latter side. In January 2016, Medina agreed to a move to Serie D side Catiadas, but the move was cancelled due to paperwork problems. On 1 February 2017, he signed a one-year deal with Leones in

Categoría Primera B Categoría Primera B, commonly referred to as Torneo BetPlay Dimayor due to sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay (formerly ''Torneo Águila''), is the second-division football league in Colombia. Format DIMAYOR has applied a new forma ...

after being approved on a trial held at his hometown. Medina made his debut for Leones on 11 February 2017, starting in a 0–1 home loss against Valledupar. He scored his first goals on 11 March, netting a brace in a 3–2 home defeat of Deportes Quindío, and finished the season with 18 goals as his side achieved promotion. Medina made his professional debut on 3 February 2018, starting and scoring the equalizer in a 1–2

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home loss against

América de Cali América de Cali S. A., best known as América de Cali or América, is a Colombian professional football club based in Cali. It competes in the Categoría Primera A, the top-flight league of Colombian football. The team plays its home games at ...

; it was also Leones' first goal in the first division. On 12 June he moved abroad, signing a one-year loan deal with

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side Real Zaragoza, with a buyout clause. On 28 January 2019

announced that they had signed Medina. In the 2020 season, he moved to

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 ...

.¡Jeison Medina es volcánico!
deportivopasto.com.co, 3 January 2020

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