Ricardo Alexis Laborde León (; born 16 February 1988) is a Colombian former

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who played as a winger.

Club career

Laborde began his career as at

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, where he played for a year, before moving to Náutico. In 2008, he moves to Europe to join the Swiss club

FC Lugano FC Lugano is a Swiss football club based in Lugano. The club was refounded as AC Lugano in 2004 as a result of relegation and the financial situation of FC Lugano, which was founded in 1908. In 2008, the club reverted to its original name, FC Lu ...

. He played in 14 matches and scored his maiden goal against

FC Schaffhausen FC Schaffhausen is a Swiss football team from the town of Schaffhausen. The club plays in the Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football. Honours League Swiss Challenge League *Winners: 1962-63, 2003–04 Cup Swiss Cup *Runners-up: ...

. After a year Laborde moves back to Colombia for

Atlético Huila Atlético Huila is a professional Colombian football team based in Neiva, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. The club was founded on November 29, 1990, making it one of the youngest professional football clubs in Colombia. The club' ...

Anorthosis Famagusta

In July 2010,

Anorthosis Famagusta Anorthosis Famagusta ( el, Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου, translit=Anorthosi Ammochostou), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Anorthosis Famagusta multi-sport club fou ...

announced an agreement with Ricardo Laborde for a year loan. Laborde debuted on 24 August 2010 against

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for

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. He entered the game as a substitution in the 51st minute. In the rematch Laborde starts basic, at 19-minute he left the pitch due to injury On 1 December 2010, he scored a hat-trick against

Akritas Chlorakas Akritas Chlorakas ( el, Ακρίτας Χλώρακας) is a Cypriot football club based in Chloraka, Paphos. The club was founded in 1971, and currently plays in the Cypriot First Division. Akritas' colours are green and white, and they play ...

for an Anorthosis victory of 5–0. His first league goal for Anorthosis was scored in the derby against

APOEL APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...

, securing the victory for his team with a 2–0 win. After 15 matches with Anorthosis Laborde had scored a total of 5 goals. He helped Anorthosis to place in the next

Competition and to take 3rd place in the Local Division. Before the 2011–12 season, the club extended his loan deal for a further two years. On 12 February 2012, Laborde won the Carlsberg award for Player of the Month for January. On 18 May, Laborde was named to the

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Team of the Season. On 1 June, Laborde joined Anorthosis on a permanent deal, signing a five-year contract.

Krasnodar

On 18 May 2013,

Krasnodar Krasnodar (; rus, Краснода́р, p=krəsnɐˈdar; ady, Краснодар), formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southern ...

announced an agreement with Ricardo Laborde on a two-year contract, extending it till June 2017 in December 2014. On 1 May 2018, Laborde confirmed he would leave

FC Krasnodar FC Krasnodar is a Russian professional football club based in Krasnodar that plays in the Russian Premier League. The club was founded in 2008. In 2009, the club was promoted to the Russian First Division, the second highest division of the Ru ...

at the end of the 2017–18 season.

Return to Anorthosis

On 23 July 2018, he returned to

Career statistics

Club

Notes

Honours

Individual

* Carlsberg Player of the Month: January 2012 *

Team of the Season: 2011–12 * PASP best goal of the week: 2011(16th Match day)

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Laborde, Ricardo 1988 births Living people Colombian footballers Sportspeople from Cartagena, Colombia Clube Náutico Capibaribe players FC Lugano players Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. players Academia F.C. players FC Krasnodar players Atlético Huila footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Swiss Challenge League players Cypriot First Division players Russian Premier League players Colombian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Brazil Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Russia Association football midfielders