Édison Hipólito Chará Lucumí (2 October 1980 – 19 October 2011) was a Colombian

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striker. His last team was Chinese club

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Career

Chará began his career with

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 joined in January 2003 to local rival

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. After seventeen games, when scored four goals for

, was transferred to the

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vian club

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. The fast striker played one year for

, where they scored nine goals in twenty one games and was scouted from

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on 28 December 2006. Chará played only ten games and scored four goals in the season 2007/2008, was linked with

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and left after of the season his club to sign for

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. Chará moved to

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club

in March 2011 and was released in July 2011.

Death

Chará died at a hospital in Cali on 19 October 2011, after having been shot by hitmen in

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.Murió el futbolista caucano Edison Chará
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'', 2011-10-19

References

1980 births 2011 deaths Colombian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Categoría Primera A players Uruguayan Primera División players Peruvian Primera División players Deportivo Pereira footballers Deportivo Cali footballers Atlético Huila footballers Montevideo Wanderers F.C. players América de Cali footballers Once Caldas footballers Cienciano footballers Sporting Cristal footballers Juan Aurich footballers Unión Comercio footballers Dalian Professional F.C. players Colombian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay Expatriate men's footballers in Peru Expatriate men's footballers in China Deaths by firearm in Colombia Colombian murder victims People murdered in Colombia Footballers from Cauca Department China League One players 2011 murders in Colombia {{Colombia-footy-forward-stub