Jorge Armando Porras (born 25 December 1959 in Medellín) is a former Colombian football player.

Club career

Porras played for

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

, América de Cali,

Independiente Medellín Deportivo Independiente Medellín, also known as Independiente Medellín or DIM, is a Colombian professional football club based in Medellín that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at Estadio Atanasio Girardo ...

and

Once Caldas Once Caldas S.A., simply known as Once Caldas, is a professional Colombian football team based in Manizales, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Palogrande stadium. They were the surprise winne ...

, appearing in more than 300 Colombian league matches during his professional career.

International career

Porras made 20 appearances for the senior Colombia national football team from 1980 to 1987, including participating in eight qualifying matches for the 1982 and 1986 FIFA World Cups and the

1987 Copa América The 1987 Copa América was the 33rd edition of the Copa América, CONMEBOL's national team competition. It was the first Copa América under the new rotational hosting system. Argentina, as the first country alphabetically, hosted the tournament ...

. He also played for Colombia at the 1980 Olympic Games in

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References

1959 births Living people Footballers from Medellín Colombian men's footballers Colombia men's international footballers Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Colombia 1987 Copa América players Categoría Primera A players Atlético Nacional footballers América de Cali footballers Independiente Medellín footballers Once Caldas footballers Men's association football defenders {{Colombia-footy-defender-stub