Carlos Cortés (footballer)
Colombian footballer (born 2001)
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Carlos Manuel Cortés Barreiro (born 17 September 2001) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a striker for Llaneros, on loan from Internacional Palmira.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Manuel Cortés Barreiro | ||
| Date of birth | 17 September 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Tumaco, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Llaneros (on loan from Internacional Palmira) | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| América de Cali | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2023 | América de Cali | 11 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Fortaleza CEIF (loan) | 15 | (2) |
| 2022 | → Santiago Wanderers (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| 2023 | → Cortuluá (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2024– | Internacional Palmira | 25 | (4) |
| 2024 | → Deportes Tolima (loan) | 23 | (3) |
| 2025– | → Llaneros (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023–2024 | Colombia U23 | 8 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 April 2024 | |||
Club career
A striker from the América de Cali youth system, Cortés made his professional debut with them in a 1–0 loss against Deportes Tolima on 26 September 2020.[2] Later, he was loaned out to Fortaleza CEIF (2022) and Cortuluá (2023) in his homeland[3] and Santiago Wanderers in the Primera B de Chile.[4][5]
In 2024, Cortés signed with Internacional Palmira, the club that replaced Cortulúa in the Colombian football,[6] and subsequently he was loaned out to Deportes Tolima in the top level .[7][8]
International career
Cortés represented Colombia at under-23 level in the 2023 Pan American Games,[9] friendlies against Peru[10] and the 2024 Pre-Olympic Tournament.[8]