Junior Colina
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Junior Alexander Colina Bracho[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 December 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela[1] | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Rio Ave | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Petroleros | |||
| 2021–2023 | Rayo Zuliano | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023–2025 | Rayo Zuliano | 21 | (3) |
| 2025– | Rio Ave | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023 | Venezuela U17 | 11 | (2) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:53, 21 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:53, 21 May 2025 (UTC) | |||
Junior Alexander Colina Bracho (born 9 December 2006) is a Venezuelan footballer who currently plays as a forward for Portuguese club Rio Ave.
Club career
As a child, Colina would play on local farms and dirt fields of Los Cortijos in Maracaibo, as well as in San Francisco.[4] At the age of six,[5] his father took him to a club named Petroleros, where he met former Venezuelan international footballer Freddy Elie.[3] After returning to street football, he received a call from Elie telling him to go to El Callao field the following day, where professional club Rayo Zuliano would be conducting trials.[3]
Having attended the trial, he joined the academy of Rayo Zuliano at the age of fourteen in 2021, and just a year later he was the club's top scorer in the national youth league.[6] The following year he made his professional debut, which he marked with a goal in Rayo Zuliano's 4–4 draw with Mineros de Guayana on 26 February 2023.[4]
Having long been linked with a move to Europe, Colina joined Portuguese Primera Liga club Rio Ave in January 2025.[4]