Date of birth 2 October 1980 Role Football player Place of death Cali, Colombia Height 1.78 m | Playing position Position Forward Name Edison Chara | |
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Full name Edison Hipolito Chara Lucumi Place of birth Padilla, Cauca, Colombia Date of death 19 October 2011(2011-10-19) (aged 31) Died October 19, 2011, Cali, Colombia | ||
Édison Hipólito Chará Lucumí (2 October 1980 – 19 October 2011) was a Colombian football striker. His last team was Chinese club Dalian Aerbin.
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Career
Chará began his career with Deportivo Cali and joined in January 2003 to local rival América de Cali. After seventeen games, when scored four goals for América de Cali, was transferred to the Peruvian club Cienciano. The fast striker played one year for Cienciano, where scored nine goals in twenty one games and was scouted from Sporting Cristal on 28 December 2006. Chará played only ten games and scored four goals in the season 2007/2008, was linked with Energie Cottbus and left after of the season his club to sign for Juan Aurich.
Chará moved to China League One club Dalian Aerbin in March 2011 and was released in July 2011.
Death
Chará died at a hospital in Cali on 19 October 2011, after having been shot by hitmen in Puerto Tejada, Cauca.
