Javier Andrés Estupiñán Romero (; born 8 February 1984) is a Colombian

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who plays as a

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for

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Career

Early career

Estupiñan began his playing career in 2004 playing for

Deportivo Pasto Asociación Deportivo Pasto, also known as Deportivo Pasto, is a Colombian professional football team based in the city of Pasto, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Estadio Departamental Libertad ...

. In Deportivo Pasto he did not have much involvement and in the year 2005 he left the club, when he was loaned to Girardot F.C.

Honduras

He arrived in

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to play for Platense F.C. At Platense he scored 14 goals. After a few seasons he moved to

Parrillas One Club Deportivo Parrillas One (pronounced pah-RI-yas OH-neh) is a Honduran Association football, football team based in San Pedro Sula, Cortés Department, Cortés. For the 2012–13 season they played at Estadio León Gómez, Estadio Alfredo Leó ...

where he continued to score goals.

Terengganu FA

He arrived in Terengganu F.C. I with a high expectation from the fans. But he only scored 2 goals from 5 appearances in the

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. He has been transfer after a bad season in Terengganu FA He returned to Honduras ahead of the 2015 Clausura championship when he joined

Club Deportivo Olimpia Club Deportivo Olimpia is a professional association football in Honduras, Honduran football club based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán Department, Francisco Morazán. The club is the nation's most successful team both ...

. In 2018 he signed for city rivals F.C. Motagua.

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* 1984 births Living people Footballers from Nariño Department Men's association football forwards Colombian men's footballers Deportivo Pasto footballers Girardot F.C. footballers Patriotas Boyacá footballers Atlético Nacional footballers Chengdu Tiancheng F.C. players Chinese Super League players Platense F.C. players Parrillas One players Terengganu FC players C.D. Olimpia players F.C. Motagua players Colombian expatriate men's footballers Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Expatriate men's footballers in China Expatriate men's footballers in Honduras Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia Categoría Primera A players Categoría Primera B players Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players 21st-century Colombian sportsmen {{Colombia-footy-forward-stub