Gustavo Andres Girón Marulanda (born 12 June 1986) is a Colombian footballer who plays for Australian side

Sorrento FC Sorrento Football Club, commonly known as Sorrento FC, is a Western Australian semi-professional soccer club based in the northern Perth, Western Australia suburb of Duncraig. They currently compete in the National Premier Leagues Western Aust ...

Youth career

In 2004, Girón also played at youth teams for

Once Caldas Once Caldas S.A., simply known as Once Caldas, is a professional Colombian Association football, football team based in Manizales, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. The club plays its home games at Estadio Palogrande. The club wa ...

and

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 ...

in Colombia.

Career

Australia

In 2009, Girón moved to Australia and signed for Bayswater City having a spell of about 5 seasons in National Premier Leagues and scoring about 120 in total competitions. Girón also won the golden boot three consecutive seasons (2012–2014) breaking the record of the National premier league in Australia. Girón has also featured in the state team of Western Australia 4 times, having been a key figure in Western Australia.

Indonesia

In January 2016 Girón became an Australian citizen, being able to play in Asia as an Asian quota player. He moved to Arema Cronus (then playing in the

Indonesia Soccer Championship Indonesia Soccer Championship (ISC; ), also known as Torabika Soccer Championship for sponsorship reasons, was a temporary professional football competition system in Indonesia, replacing the temporarily-suspended Indonesia League. It only ran fo ...

) in April 2016, playing half a season, scoring 3 goals and playing 7 games. Halfway into the season he moved to

Persegres Gresik United Gresik United Football Club, commonly known as GUFC, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Gresik, East Java. They currently compete in the Liga Nusantara. History The club was founded as Petrokimia Putra Gresik, which was estab ...

Back to Australia

Girón returned to Perth in 2017 to play in the NPL Western Australia, playing for Bayswater City and Gwelup Croatia, before joining

in the 2022 season.

References

Colombian emigrants to Australia Colombian men's footballers 1986 births Living people Men's association football forwards Arema F.C. players Persegres Gresik players Gresik United F.C. players Bayswater City SC players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players National Premier Leagues players Colombian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia 21st-century Colombian sportsmen {{Colombia-footy-forward-stub