Santa Fe, Cali, Millonarios, Junior and Once Caldas, among others, are the clubs with the greatest movements to face Colombian professional soccer in 2023. Pereira, the current champion, was left without several of the soccer players who were the architects of the title in the previous campaign.
In Vanguardia we review the ups and downs of some of the national football teams, which will start at the end of January.
Atletico Bucaramanga
Added: Raúl Agustín Armando (DT), Gonzalo Lencina (Argentine forward, from Atlético de Rafaela), Diego Chávez (Argentine midfielder, from Unión Magdalena), Nicolás Marotta (Argentine central defender, from Deportivo Binacional de Perú), Jork Becerra (midfielder , from Zamora of Venezuela).
There will also be youth players Kleyverson Viloria (midfielder), Steven Lugo (extreme) and Nelson Reyes (forward).
Low: Bruno Téliz, Michel Acosta, Dayro Moreno (Once Caldas), Sherman Cárdenas (Once Caldas), Cristian Blanco, Brayan Palacios, Sergio Avellaneda, Diomar Díaz, José Adolfo Valencia, Juan Camilo Chaverra.
Oil Alliance
Added: Juan Pablo Patiño (left back, from Bogotá FC), Pedro Franco (centre back, from Fortaleza), Brayan Blandón (right back, from Fortaleza), Juan Diego Ceballos (midfielder, from Leones).
Subs: Daniel Moreno, Carlos Perez, Stefano Arango (Tolima), Kevin Londono (The Equity), Eduardo Zapata, Juan Sebastian Mancilla, Brian Fernandez, Juan Camilo Arthur, Santiago Ruiz, Julian Guevara, Richard Rentería, Brian Gil (Tolima).
millionaires
Added: Daniel Giraldo (midfielder, returns from Junior), Leonardo Castro (forward, from Pereira), Fernando Uribe (forward, returns from Junior).
Subs: Richard Celis (free), Diego Herazo (Tolima), Jose Abad Cuenú (Tolima).
Once Caldas
Added: Sherman Cárdenas (armed midfielder, from Bucaramanga). Dayro Moreno (forward, from Bucaramanga), Andrés Felipe Correa (central defender, from Pereira), Santiago Jiménez (right-back, from Envigado).
Low: Ayron del Valle, Alejandro Barbaro, Brayan Córdoba, Diego Valdés, Mauricio Gómez, Leyvin Balanta, Edwar López, Camilo Mancilla, Jesús Murillo.
National Athletic
Added: Juan Felipe Aguirre (centre back, from Uruguay’s Montevideo Wanderers), Francisco Da Costa (Brazilian forward, from Bolívar from Bolivia), Cristian Zapata (centre back, from San Lorenzo from Argentina), Sergio Mosquera (centre back, from Tolima ).
Low: Daniel Mantilla (Cali), Yeison Guzmán (Tolima), Andrés Andrade, Alexander Mejía, Emanuel Olivera.
Deportivo Cali
Highs: Daniel Mantilla (midfielder, Nacional), Kevin Riascos (central defender, Pasto), Kevin Dawson (Uruguayan goalkeeper, Peñarol), Kevin Viveros (striker, Carabobo, Venezuela), Gustavo Adrian Ramirez (Paraguayan striker, Rosario Central of Argentina), Jhon Vasquez (extreme, return of the Ceará of Brazil). Andres Arroyo and Rafael Bustamante return from Jaguars.
Subs: Teofilo Gutierrez, Augustin Vuletich, Christian Mafla, Guillermo Burdisso (Catholic University, Chile), Carlos Robles, Angelo Rodriguez.
Independent Medellin
Added: Jaime Alvarado (midfielder, from Fortaleza), Emmerson Batalla (winger, from Talleres de Córdoba), Daniel Londoño (left-back, from Envigado), Jorge Cabezas Hurtado (forward, from Real Cartagena), Jhon Palacios (central defender, from Pereira), Jhonatan Marulanda (right side, from Tolima), Edwuin Cetré (forward, from Junior).
Out: Vladimir Hernández (Junior), Juan Guillermo Arboleda (Tolima), Christian Marrugo (Santa Fe), Jorge Segura.
Santa Fe Independent
Added: Harold Rivera (DT). Alexis Castillo Manyoma (creation midfielder, from Cortuluá), Fabián Sambueza (creation midfielder, from Junior), Julián Camilo Millán (central defender, from Cortuluá), Fabio Delgado (left-back, from Cortuluá), Iván Rojas (brand midfielder , from Envigado), Cristian Marrugo (creation midfielder, from Medellín),
Low: Alfredo Arias (DT), Edwin Herrera (Junior), Jonathan Herrera (Huila), Geisson Perea, Alejandro Gutiérrez, Ober Almanza, Matías Mier, José Silva, Carlos David Lizarazo.
cali america
Added: Franco Leys (Argentine central midfielder, from Patronato), Facundo Ezequiel Suárez (Argentine forward, from Bolivia’s Oriente Petrolero), Cristian Barrios (forward, from Patriotas), Andrés Sarmiento (forward, from FC Vizela from Portugal), Carlos Darwin Quintero (forward, US Houston Dynamo).
Low: Daniel Hernández, Juan David Pérez, Alejandro Quintana, Carlos Sierra (Junior), David Lemos (returned to Once Caldas), Nicolás Giraldo (Tolima), Joel Graterol, Marlon Torres, Elvis Mosquera.
Junior from Barranquilla
Added: Amaury Torralvo (left-back, from La Equidad), Vladimir Hernández (midfielder, from Medellín), Edwin Herrera (left-back, from Santa Fe), Léider Berrío (winger, from Pereira), Brayan León (forward, from Pereira) , Iván Scarpeta (central defender, from Jaguares), Carlos Sierra (midfielder, from América).
Low: Fabián Sambueza (Santa Fe), Daniel Giraldo (Millionaires), Fernando Uribe (Millionaires), Carmelo Valencia, Edwuin Cetré (Medellín), Jorge Arias, Yesus Cabrera, Jhon Pajoy.