Miller Alejandro Bolaños Reasco (born 1 June 1990) is an

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ian

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who plays as a striker for

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club Emelec.

Club career

LDU Quito

Bolaños was born in Esmeraldas, and began his career in the youth ranks of Caribe Junior. In 2006, he joined

Barcelona SC Barcelona Sporting Club () is an Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil, known best for its professional football team. Internationally known as Barcelona de Ecuador, in Ecuador it is simply referred as Barcelona, El Idolo (BSC) or Barce. T ...

and made his professional debut the same year. In 2009 the promising forward was transferred to

LDU Quito Liga Deportiva Universitaria (), often referred to as Liga de Quito, LDU, is an Ecuadorian professional football club based in Quito. They play in the Serie A, the highest level of the Ecuadorian professional football league. They play their ho ...

. On 29 August 2009 in a 4–0 win over

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, Bolaños scored the 2,500th goal in LDU Quito's history. He was an important player for LDU Quito during the most glorious period of the club's history as he helped the Ecuadorian club capture the 2010 Serie A title,

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, and the 2009 and 2010

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Loan to Chivas USA

On 11 January 2012 it was announced that Bolaños would be joining

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, accompanying compatriot

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. On 18 July, he scored his first MLS goal against the

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, finishing a Ryan Smith pass for the only goal of the game in the 16th minute.

Loan to Emelec

Miller joined Emelec by loan on the summer of 2013. Though Miller only played 5 league games, he won the 2013 Ecuadorian Serie A season. Miller scored 19 league-goals in 36 games, including 2 goals in the season final match against club-rivals

, winning the 2014 Ecuadorian Serie A. Miller Bolaños became top scorer in the

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with 5 goals. During the 2013 season he noticeably formed a successful striking partnership with

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which was known affectionately as Straq-Bol by Emelec fans. This was a play on words of Spag-Bol, the Italian pasta dish.

Grêmio

On 7 February 2016, it was confirmed that Miller would play for Grêmio.

International career

Bolaños represented Ecuador at various youth levels. He participated in the

2007 South American Under-17 Football Championship The 2007 South American Under-17 Football Championship was played in Ecuador from 4 to 25 March 2007. The seven venues of the competition were the cities of Ambato, Azogues, Cuenca, Ibarra, Latacunga, Quito and Riobamba. The tournament provided ...

, helping Ecuador to a 5–4 victory over

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. Bolaños made his debut for Ecuador on 28 March 2015 in a match against

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, playing all 90 minutes of the game. Three days later he went on to score his first goal, equalising in a 2–1 friendly loss to

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in New Jersey. Bolaños was selected for the

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in Chile, his first major international tournament. In the opening game against the hosts at the Estadio Nacional, he fouled

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, who consequently scored the first goal of the tournament from the penalty spot as his team defeated Ecuador 2–0. In the second match, he scored from outside the penalty area, albeit in a 2–3 defeat against

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. In the third match in

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, he opened the scoring in a 2–1 victory over

which eliminated the opponents, also setting up the second for

Enner Valencia Enner Remberto Valencia Lastra (born 4 November 1989) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and captains the Ecuador national team. He previously played for Emelec in Ecuador, wher ...

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Score and Result list Ecuador's goal tally first''

Honors

Club

LDU Quito *

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; runner-up: 2011 *

Emelec *Ecuadorian Serie A:

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Gremio *

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: 2016

Individual

*Ecuadorian Serie A Best Player:

*Ecuadorian Serie A top scorer:

*Ecuadorian Serie A assist leader:

* Copa Sudamericana top scorer:

Personal life

His older brother is

Álex Bolaños Álexander Leonardo Bolaños Reascos (born January 22, 1985) is an Ecuadorian who currently plays for CD La Unión as a footballer. Career Bolaños began his career at Guayaquil-based club Barcelona in 2005 during the Clausura championship. ...

, also a midfielder. He too represented Barcelona and LDU among others, and played internationally for their country.

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