Luis Alberto ''Chucho'' Bolaños León (born March 27, 1985) is an

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

ian professional

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midfielder who plays for S.D. Quito.

Club career

Chucho as he is nicknamed has only received international recognition in recent years, during his performance in the

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with his former team

LDU Quito Liga Deportiva Universitaria (), often referred to as Liga de Quito, LDU, is an Ecuadorian professional football club based in Quito. They play in the Serie A, the highest level of the Ecuadorian professional football league. They play their ho ...

. He was part of the starting line-up for LDU Quito that won the

and has since won legend status in Ecuador's capital. Bolaños made a great performance in the

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. He scored on a beautiful free kick against

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in Liga's 2-0 victory in the semi finals. Liga lost the final to

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1-0. On January 8, "El Chucho" signed for Santos in Brazil for the 2009 season. However, he failed to make any impact and after only four months at the club, decided to terminate his contract. He signed for

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on 11 May 2009. He scored a hat trick for Internacional in one of his debut against

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. On December 21, Bolaños signed for

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in Ecuador for a one year loan for the 2010 season. On his debut day on February 13, Bolaños scored his first goal with

from a 30 meters distance shot.

International career

He has been called up several times by Ecuador for the 2010 World Cup Qualifiers. He has made good performances with Ecuador, mainly against

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and

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. He was called once again to play against

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and

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Assault

On February 25, 2011, Bolaños was attacked by two unknown assailants in an attempted robbery outside Quicentro, a shopping mall in northern Quito. During the attack, Bolaños was shot once in his right shoulder and once in his right arm. He was hospitalized and out of any serious danger.

Honors

Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...

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2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in S ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

Suruga Bank Championship The J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship was an annual intercontinental football match held in Japan, contested by the reigning champions of the J.League Cup and the Copa Sudamericana. The tournament was previously officially called the ...

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bolanos, Luis 1985 births Living people Ecuadorian footballers Footballers from Quito Ecuador international footballers Ecuadorian expatriate footballers L.D.U. Quito footballers C.S.D. Macará footballers Santos FC players Sport Club Internacional players Barcelona S.C. footballers Atlas F.C. footballers San Martín de San Juan footballers Chivas USA players C.D. Cuenca footballers Fuerza Amarilla S.C. footballers C.D. Olmedo footballers Ecuadorian Serie A players Argentine Primera División players Major League Soccer players Liga MX players Expatriate footballers in Mexico Expatriate footballers in Brazil Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate footballers in Argentina Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Expatriate soccer players in the United States Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Association football wingers