Orlando Enrique Berrío Meléndez (born 14 February 1991) is a Colombian professional

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who plays as a winger or

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for

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club

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. He also represented

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in six international appearances.

Club career

Born in Cartagena, Berrío played for

Expreso Rojo Tigres Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian football team based in Bogotá that plays in the Categoría Primera B. They play their home games at the Metropolitano de Techo stadium. History The history of the club began in 2002, when Expreso ...

and

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 ...

as a youth. He made his first team – and

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– debut on 22 February 2009, starting in a 0–1 home loss against

Deportes Quindío Deportes Quindío is a Colombian professional football club based in Armenia that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. The club was founded on 8 January 1951, and its best achievement was winning the 1956 league tournament. They play thei ...

. Berrío scored his first professional goal on 8 April 2010, in a 2–0 home win against

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 ...

. Three days later, he netted a brace in an away success over

Cortuluá Cortuluá, officially named Cortuluá Fútbol Club S. A. and previously known as Corporación Club Deportivo Tuluá for short, was a Colombian football club from Tuluá, Valle del Cauca Department. It was founded in 1967 and last played in Categ ...

, for the same scoreline. Sparingly used, Berrío was loaned to fellow top tier club

Millonarios Millonarios Fútbol Club, known simply as Millonarios, is a Colombian professional football club based in Bogotá, that competes in the Categoría Primera A, top flight of football in Colombia. It is one of the most successful and iconic clubs i ...

on 3 January 2012. On 3 August 2012, after failing to score a single goal for the club, he was loaned to Patriotas for one year. Returning to Nacional, Berrío was regularly utilized by new manager

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Flamengo

On 27 January 2017,

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agreed to pay

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3.5 million to Atlético Nacional to sign Berrío. Berrío debuted for Flamengo in a

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match against Grêmio on 8 February 2017, replacing

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in the 62nd minute and scoring his first goal for his new club in the 78th minute, while Flamengo won 2–0. On 22 October 2017, in a

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match against

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, Berrío suffered a knee injury that later was confirmed as an

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. In the same week, he underwent surgery, causing him to miss the rest of the 2017 season.

Khor Fakkan

On 19 July 2020, Berrío signed with

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América Mineiro

After spending an entire year without playing at Khor Fakkan, Berrío signed with

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on 12 July 2021.

Águilas Doradas

On 16 August 2022, Berrío returned to Colombia and signed a with Categoría Primera A side

Águilas Doradas Águilas Doradas is a professional Colombian Association football, football team based in Rionegro that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Estadio Alberto Grisales, Alberto Grisales stadium. The club a ...

Qingdao West Coast

On 18 April 2023, Berrío joined

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club Qingdao West Coast.

Tacuary

On 25 January 2024, Berrío joined

club

International career

In August 2016, Berrío was named in

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's squad for

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qualifiers against

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and

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. He did not play in either match, and only made his full international debut on 6 October, coming on as a substitute for

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in a 1–0 away win against

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Club

;Atlético Nacional *

: 2011–I, 2013–II, 2014–I, 2015–II *

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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;Flamengo *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian" or "Great Brazilian"), the Série A or the Brazilian Série A (to distinguish it from the I ...

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Campeonato Carioca The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro State Championship), also commonly known as the Cariocão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Br ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Berrio, Orlando 1991 births Living people Footballers from Cartagena, Colombia Colombian men's footballers Men's association football wingers Men's association football forwards Categoría Primera A players Atlético Nacional footballers Millonarios F.C. players Patriotas Boyacá footballers CR Flamengo footballers Khor Fakkan Club players América Futebol Clube (MG) players Águilas Doradas players 21st-century Colombian sportsmen Tacuary footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players China League One players Paraguayan Primera División players Copa Libertadores–winning players Colombia men's under-20 international footballers Colombia men's international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Colombian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate men's footballers in China Colombian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay