Edward Orlando Bolaños Angulo (born 14 August 1998) is a Colombian professional

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who plays for

Cortuluá Cortuluá, officially named Cortuluá Fútbol Club S. A. and previously known as Corporación Club Deportivo Tuluá for short, was a Colombian football club from Tuluá, Valle del Cauca Department. It was founded in 1967 and last played in Categ ...

as a

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for Maltese side

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Club career

Born in

Tumaco Tumaco is a port city and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia, by the Pacific Ocean. It is located on the southwestern corner of Colombia, near the border with Ecuador, and experiences a hot tropical climate. Tumaco is inhabited main ...

, Bolaños represented CD Estudiantil de Medellín and

Rionegro Águilas Rionegro () is a city and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia, located in the subregion of Eastern Antioquia. The official name of the city is Ciudad Santiago de Arma de Rionegro. Rio Negro means "Black River" in Spanish, as the city ...

as a youth. He moved to Spain in January 2017, after joining

Rayo Vallecano Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in the Villa de Vallecas district of Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish foot ...

's youth setup on loan. Bolaños made his senior debut for Rayo's

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during the 2017–18 season, in

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. On 20 August 2018, he joined

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side

SD Ponferradina Sociedad Deportiva Ponferradina, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Ponferrada, in the El Bierzo region, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 7 June 1922, it plays in Primera Federación - Group 1, holding home ma ...

, on loan from

; initially assigned to the B-team, he contributed with one goal in 14 appearances (play-offs included) as his side achieved promotion to

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. Bolaños spent the 2019–20 campaign on loan at

CD Guijuelo Club Deportivo Guijuelo is a Spanish football team based in Guijuelo, Province of Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1974 it plays in , holding home games at the 1,500-seat '' Estadio Municipal de Guijuelo''. ...

in the third division and Fútbol Alcobendas Sport in the fourth division, but returned to ''Ponfe'' in June 2020, with his club extending his loan deal with Cortuluá for a further year. Bolaños made his professional debut on 12 September 2020, coming on as a late substitute for

Yuri de Souza Yuri de Souza Fonseca (born 8 August 1982), known simply as Yuri, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a forward. He also held Portuguese citizenship, and spent the majority of his professional career in Portugal and Spain, mainly wit ...

in a 1–2 home loss against

CD Castellón Club Deportivo Castellón, S.A.D. is a professional List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Castellón de la Plana, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 20 July 1922, it currently plays in , holding home games at ''Nou E ...

for the second division championship.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bolanos, Edward 1998 births Living people Footballers from Tumaco Colombian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Águilas Doradas players Cortuluá footballers Patriotas Boyacá footballers Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Maltese Premier League players Rayo Vallecano B players SD Ponferradina B players SD Ponferradina players CD Guijuelo footballers México FC (Spain) players Colombian expatriate men's footballers Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain 21st-century Colombian sportsmen