Luis Fernando Copete Murillo (born 12 February 1989) is a professional
footballer
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who plays as a
centre back for
Liga Primera
The Liga Primera de Nicaragua is the top division of football in Nicaragua, organized by the Federación Nicaragüense de Fútbol, it was created in 1933.
It is played in two parts, Torneo de Apertura from August through November and Torneo de C ...
club
Diriangén FC
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.
Born and raised in Colombia to Colombian parents, Copete has played in the Nicaraguan league and subsequently
capped for the
Nicaragua national team.
Club career
Puma Generaleña
In 2015, Copete and his then Nicaragua national team mate
Raúl Leguías
Raúl Moisés Leguías Ávila (born 9 October 1981) is a football forward who plays for AD Santa Rosa.
Club career
A much-travelled striker or attacking midfielder, Leguías has spent most of his playing career in Panama and Nicaragua but he ...
joined Costa Rican side
AS Puma.
Copete went on trial with
Kazakhstan Premier League side
FC Shakhter Karagandy in early 2016, but did not earn a contract.
Sonsonate
Copete signed with top flight
Primera División
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side
Sonsonate for Clausura 2018 tournament.
On 29 March 2018, Copete scored his debut goal for Sonsonate in a 3–1 victory against
Isidro Metapán in the
Estadio Anna Mercedes Campos.
Deportivo Pasto
In July 2018, Copete signed with
Deportivo Pasto
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.
International career
Copete became a naturalized citizen of
Nicaragua in 2014. According
La Prensa, he did not comply with the
Nationality Law No. 149 at the moment of his naturalization. He received his first call-up to the
Nicaragua national football team a year later.
He was a squad member for the
2017 Copa Centroamericana
The 2017 Copa Centroamericana ( en, 2017 Central American Cup) was the 14th and last edition of the Copa Centroamericana, the biennial international men's football championship of the Central American region organized by the Central American Foot ...
and the
2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup
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.
International goals
:''Scores and results list the Nicaragua's goal tally first.''
References
External links
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1989 births
Living people
Footballers from Chocó Department
Nicaraguan men's footballers
Nicaragua men's international footballers
Colombian men's footballers
Nicaraguan people of Colombian descent
Colombian emigrants to Nicaragua
Men's association football central defenders
Categoría Primera A players
La Equidad footballers
Deportivo Pasto footballers
Liga FPD players
Peruvian Primera División players
Comerciantes Unidos footballers
Salvadoran Primera División players
C.D. Sonsonate footballers
Bolivian Primera División players
Club Always Ready players
Colombian expatriate men's footballers
Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Costa Rica
Expatriate men's footballers in Costa Rica
Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Peru
Expatriate men's footballers in Peru
Colombian expatriate sportspeople in El Salvador
Expatriate men's footballers in El Salvador
Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia
Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia
Naturalized citizens of Nicaragua
2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
Nicaraguan Primera División players
C.D. Walter Ferretti players
Real Estelí FC players
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