Víctor Danilo Pacheco Bustamente (born 25 September 1974 in Suán) is a former

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Club career

Pacheco began his professional career with

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, with which he won two domestic titles (1993 and 1995), participating in the

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. After playing for Atlante from

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, he returned to Junior where his performance was less well than expected. He was then signed for Unión Magdalena, playing for it from 2004 to 2006. He then was signed for

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in 2006. The following year, he was signed for

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, where he also underperformed. At the beginnings of 2008, he was signed for

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, nevertheless, due to the economic crisis in the team, Pacheco left it and flew to Canada, where he tried out for

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, club of the

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. However, the club rejected him for not meeting expectations, prompting him to return to the Boyaca Chicó team. In the same season 2008, Pacheco won a domestic title with his team, being it the third of his football career in Colombia, after his team won the final match of the Apertura tournament against America de Cali. At the end of the same year, the contracts for Pacheco and other football players were terminated by Boyacá Chicó. After having played for Chicó, he played for

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for six months but he was not given much continuity for playing. He then was signed for Junior, for which he played for 6 months too. In the year 2010, after being without playing for 6 months, he started playing for Bogotá Fútbol Club from

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. By 2011, Victor Danilo was signed for the new team of primera B Uniautónoma F.C. from Barranquilla.

International career

Pacheco has made 28 appearances for the senior

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, including 10 qualifying matches for the

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. He also played at the

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. Pacheco also played for Colombia at the

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* 1974 births Living people People from Atlántico Department Colombian footballers Colombia international footballers Colombia youth international footballers Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Colombia 1993 Copa América players 1997 Copa América players Categoría Primera A players Atlético Junior footballers Independiente Medellín footballers Atlante F.C. footballers América de Cali footballers Atlético Bucaramanga footballers Boyacá Chicó F.C. footballers Deportivo Pasto footballers Bogotá F.C. footballers Colombian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Mexico Association football midfielders {{Colombia-footy-midfielder-stub