Léider Calimenio Preciado Guerrero (born 26 February 1977) is a Colombian former professional football striker, who manages minor league teams (lower divisions) for

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

Club career

Preciado played for

Once Caldas Once Caldas S.A., simply known as Once Caldas, is a professional Colombian Association football, football team based in Manizales, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. The club plays its home games at Estadio Palogrande. The club wa ...

Racing Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system ...

(Spain),

CD Toledo Club Deportivo Toledo, S.A.D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Toledo, Spain, Toledo, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Founded in 1928 it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadio Salto del Cab ...

(Spain),

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 football t ...

and Al Shabab (Saudi Arabia) as well as for one of the most popular clubs from Ecuador,

Sociedad Deportivo Quito Sociedad Deportivo Quito is an Ecuadorian club Association football, football club based in Quito. For most of its existence, it competed in Serie A, the highest level of the Ecuadorian professional football league. And currently competes in the ...

. He was part of their 2008 championship team. Preciado is one of the most important Colombian strikers; he scored 108 goals for

, 3 of them at the

Copa libertadores de América The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as Copa Libertadores de América (), is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in South American club football. The tourname ...

in 2006, and more than 160 goals in his entire career. He was the top scorer of the second half of the Colombian Championship (Torneo Finalización) in 2003 and 2004. On 26 April 2008, Preciado became one of the three leading scorers, besides Miguel Ángel Converti and Alfredo Castillo, in the history of the Bogotá Derby (

Club Deportivo Los Millonarios Millonarios Fútbol Club, known simply as Millonarios, is a Colombian professional Association football, football club based in Bogotá, that competes in the Categoría Primera A, top flight of football in Colombia. It is one of the most success ...

), after scoring in Santa Fe's 2–0 victory over Millonarios. Preciado had 15 goals in this Derby, all of them with Santa Fe.

International career

Preciado played for the Colombia national team and was a participant in the

1998 FIFA World Cup The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 1 ...

, where he scored one goal against the

Tunisia national football team The Tunisia national football team, controlled by the Tunisian Football Federation (TFF), represents Tunisia in men's international association football competitions. On a continental level, the team competes under the Confederation of African ...

References

1977 births Living people Colombian people of African descent Colombian men's footballers Footballers from Tumaco Men's association football forwards Colombia men's international footballers 1998 FIFA World Cup players Categoría Primera A players La Liga players Cúcuta Deportivo footballers Independiente Santa Fe footballers Racing de Santander players CD Toledo players Once Caldas footballers Deportivo Cali footballers Al Shabab FC (Riyadh) players S.D. Quito footballers Deportes Quindío footballers Colombian expatriate men's footballers Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia 20th-century Colombian sportsmen {{Colombia-footy-forward-stub