John Jairo Tréllez Valencia (; born 29 April 1968) is a retired

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. A striker, he played most of his career with

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 ...

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. He has a son, also a striker, Santiago Tréllez.

Career

Tréllez was born in Turbo, Antioquia, and started playing for Atlético Nacional in 1985. He scored his first goal as professional the same day the debuted against

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. With Atlético Nacional Tréllez scored a total of 116 goals, 14 of which were against

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, Atlético Nacional's eternal rivals. In 1992, he became the top goal scorer in Colombia with 25 goals, becoming the first Colombian to become the league's goal scorer for Atlético Nacional. In 1994, Tréllez became the first Colombian to ever play for

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, where he scored two goals in 19 games, in all competitions. At the international level, Tréllez also played two seasons for

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and then played in the United States for the

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Honours

*Colombian Championship winner with Atlético Nacional (1991) *Copa Libertadores Championship winner with Atlético Nacional (1989)

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* 1968 births Living people Colombian men's footballers Colombia men's under-20 international footballers Colombia men's international footballers Colombian expatriate men's footballers Atlético Nacional footballers Footballers from Antioquia Department Boca Juniors footballers Esporte Clube Juventude players Al-Hilal Saudi FC players FC Zürich players Zhejiang Professional F.C. players FC Dallas players Categoría Primera A players Argentine Primera División players Major League Soccer players Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Expatriate men's footballers in China Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Colombian expatriate sportspeople in China 1987 Copa América players 1989 Copa América players Saudi Pro League players Men's association football forwards Copa Libertadores–winning players 20th-century Colombian sportsmen {{Colombia-footy-forward-stub