Jairo Patiño

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Patiño and the second or maternal family name is Rosero.

Jairo Patiño

Personal information
Full name	Jairo Leonard Patiño Rosero
Date of birth	(1978-04-05) 5 April 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Cali, Colombia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998	Deportivo Cali
1999	Atlético Huila	31	(8)
2000	Deportivo Pasto	34	(10)
2001–2003	Deportivo Cali	70	(9)
2003–2004	Newell's Old Boys	31	(6)
2004–2006	River Plate	37	(2)
2007	Atlético Nacional	21	(8)
2007–2008	Banfield	35	(5)
2008–2009	San Luis	22	(4)
2009–2012	Atlético Nacional	46	(4)
2012–2013	Cúcuta Deportivo	19	(1)
2014	Deportivo Pasto	17	(1)
2015	Llaneros	2	(0)
International career
2003–2007	Colombia	35	(3)
Managerial career
2017–2018	Llaneros
2019	Bogotá
2020	Cúcuta Deportivo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jairo Leonard Patiño Rosero (born 5 April 1978) is a Colombian retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Nicknamed El Viejo, Patiño started his career in 1999 at his hometown club Deportivo Cali. He moved to Atlético Huila in 1999, and then to Deportivo Pasto in 2000. In 2001, he returned to Deportivo Cali, before moving to Argentina in 2003 to join Newell's Old Boys. After impressing in the Argentine Primera División, he was signed by River Plate in 2004 where he stayed until 2006. In January 2005, River Plate turned down a £2.78m offer from English club Crystal Palace, who were then in the Premier League.^[1]

He returned to Colombia to play for Atlético Nacional in 2007. In July 2007 he returned again to Argentina when he signed for Banfield.^[2][3] After he joined San Luis F.C. in Mexico. For the 2009–2010 season he went back to Colombia to join Atlético Nacional.

International career

Patiño has been a regular in the Colombia national football team. He was part of the Colombian team that reached the semi-final of the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup which they lost 1-0 to Cameroon. In this game Marc-Vivien Foé collapsed and died and Patiño was the closest player on the pitch to Foé at the time, and was the first to check on his situation.

He was part of the Colombian team that reached the semi finals of the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup in which Colombia lost 3-2 to Panama.

Honours

Individual

• CONCACAF Gold Cup Best XI: 2005

References

1. "Palace fail in move for Colombian". BBC Sport. 27 January 2005. Retrieved 3 August 2007.
2. "Aspiramos a lo más grande". Archived from the original on 19 December 2007. Retrieved 13 July 2007.
3. "Patiño at goal.com". Archived from the original on 19 December 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2007.

External links

• (in Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics^[usurped]