Luis Felipe Chará Zamora (born 6 January 1981), known as Felipe Chará, is a Colombian

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who plays in

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for

Atlético Club Mineros de Guayana Asociación Civil Club Deportivo Mineros de Guayana, known as Mineros de Guayana or simply Mineros, is a professional football club based in Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela. History The Colegio Loyola Gumilla's field, located in Puerto Ordaz, was used ...

Career

Born in

Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,280,522 residents estimate by National Administrative Department of Statistics, DANE in 2023. The city span ...

, Chará began his football career with the youth side of

Boca Juniors de Cali Boca Juniors de Cali is a professional football club which represented the Colombian city of Cali from its creation in 1937 until its exit from professional football in 1957 and again from 2019 onwards competing in the Categoría Primera B, the ...

. He turned professional with

Deportivo Pereira Deportivo Pereira is a professional Colombian football team based in Pereira, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Hernán Ramírez Villegas stadium. History Early years While there are several am ...

before moving to

Atlético Nacional Atlético Nacional S. A., best known as Atlético Nacional, is a Colombian professional football club based in Medellín. The club is one of only three clubs to have played in every first division tournament in the country's history, the other ...

for several years. Next, he returned to his home-town club,

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 ...

. He can play as a defensive midfielder. He has been capped for the Colombian sub 17 and sub 20 and sub 21.

Personal

Chará's brother, Diego Chará, is also a professional footballer who played for Deportivo Cali's rivals

América de Cali América de Cali S. A., best known as América de Cali or América, is a Colombian professional football club based in Cali. It competes in the Categoría Primera A, the top-flight league of Colombian football. The team plays its home games at ...

. Diego currently plays for

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. Chará's other brother, Yimmi Chará, played professionally for

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* * * 1981 births Living people Footballers from Cali Colombian men's footballers Colombia men's international footballers Categoría Primera A players Deportivo Pereira footballers Atlético Nacional footballers Deportivo Cali footballers A.C.C.D. Mineros de Guayana players Colombian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Venezuela Men's association football defenders Chará family 21st-century Colombian sportsmen {{Colombia-footy-defender-stub