Luis Fernando Mosquera Alomia (born August 17, 1986) is a Colombian

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Club career

Mosquera began his career with

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in the Colombian Categoria Primera B in 2005. On 17 November 2007, he scored two goals against Independiente Medellin in a comeback 3-4 victory at Atanasio Girardot, which left Medellin out of the top 8 seeds for the playoffs. He had a great 2007-II season, scoring eight goals and forming a partnership with

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, who scored nine goals. In 2008, he joined

Independiente Santa Fe Club Independiente Santa Fe, known simply as Santa Fe, is a Colombian professional football team based in Bogotá, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the El Campín stadium. Santa Fe is one of the th ...

. He scored eight goals in the 2008-II tournament and had a good performance, but in the 2009-I tournament, new manager

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didn't give him much playing time, so he only scored four goals, also because of various injuries he suffered. In June 2009, he was loaned out to Independiente Medellin, where he scored many important goals, such as the two goals he scored against Junior in the playoffs on December 9, to help Medellin qualify for the finals. In the finals against Huila, he scored a goal in the second leg, which eventually helped the club win the 2009-II tournament. In January 2010, he joined

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along with his Medellin teammate,

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. After playing only six games and scoring no goals, he returned to Independiente Medellin and stayed there until December 2011. In January 2012 he joined Atletico Nacional, where he won three titles: the

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, the

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, and the 2013-I tournament, scoring a goal in the second leg of the finals against Santa Fe. In July 2013, he joined

Deportivo Cali Asociación Deportivo Cali, best known as Deportivo Cali, is a Colombian sports club based in Cali, most notable for its football team, which currently competes in the Categoría Primera A. Deportivo Cali is one of the most successful footba ...

. Cali made the final of the 2013-II tournament that year, but lost to Mosquera's former club, Atletico Nacional.

International career

Mosquera debuted for

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on April 30, 2008 in a friendly match against

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as a substitute in the 80th minute. He scored his first international goal only a few minutes after coming into the game, scoring the fifth goal for Colombia which they won 5-2.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mosquera, Luis Fernando 1986 births Living people Colombian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Deportes Quindío footballers Independiente Santa Fe footballers Independiente Medellín footballers Chiapas F.C. footballers Atlético Nacional footballers Deportivo Cali footballers Colombian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Colombia men's international footballers Boca Juniors de Cali footballers Universitario Popayán footballers Alianza Petrolera F.C. players Footballers from Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca 21st-century Colombian people