Harold Preciado

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Harold Preciado
Preciado with Colombia at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name Harold Fabián Preciado Villarreal
Date of birth (1994-06-01) 1 June 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Tumaco, Nariño, Colombia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Deportivo Cali 80 (41)
2014 → Jaguares de Córdoba (loan) 40 (22)
2017–2020 Shenzhen 104 (57)
2021–2022 Deportivo Cali 23 (13)
2022–2024 Santos Laguna 78 (37)
International career‡
2016 Colombia Olympic 7 (1)
2022 Colombia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:45, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 January 2022

Harold Fabián Preciado Villarreal (Latin American Spanish: [ˈxaɾol(d) pɾeˈsjaðo]; born 1 June 1994) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward. Currently under contract with Santos Laguna, Preciado is provisionally suspended for alleged doping.[2]

Club career

Deportivo Cali

Harold Preciado would start his senior career with top tier club Deportivo Cali in the 2013 Categoría Primera A season. The following season he was loaned out to second tier club Jaguares de Córdoba where he immediately established himself as a vital member of their team, going on to win the division title and promotion with them.[3] This saw Deportivo Cali incorporate Harold back into the team and he would immediately repay them by winning the 2015 Categoría Primera A: Apertura for them.[4]

Shenzhen

On 7 February 2017, Harold joined second tier Chinese football club Shenzhen for the start of the 2017 China League One campaign.[5] In his debut appearance he would score a hat-trick on 12 March 2017 against Dalian Transcendence F.C. in a league game that ended in a 6-0 victory.[6] At the end of the campaign he would personally be the top goalscorer in the division.[7] The following season he was able to maintain his form and go on to gain promotion with Shenzhen to the top tier at the end of the 2018 China League One campaign.[8]

Santos Laguna

On 29 January 2022, Preciado joined Mexican club Santos Laguna.[9] On 6 March 2024, Preciado was provisionally suspended for alleged doping.[10]

International career

Preciado was named in Colombia's provisional squad for Copa América Centenario but was cut from the final squad.[11] Preciado played a vital role in Colombia's qualification to the Olympics and played every game in the Rio olympics.

Preciado made his debut for the senior national team on 16 January 2022 in a 2–1 home win over Honduras.[12]

Career statistics

As of 30 July 2023[13][14]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Deportivo Cali 2013 Categoría Primera A 6 0 0 0 – – 6 0
2015 Categoría Primera A 46 28 6 0 – – 52 28
2016 Categoría Primera A 28 13 0 0 3 0 0 0 31 13
Total 80 41 6 0 3 0 0 0 89 41
Jaguares de Córdoba (loan) 2014 Categoría Primera B 40 22 0 0 – – 40 22
Shenzhen 2017 China League One 29 23 0 0 – – 29 23
2018 China League One 30 24 0 0 – – 30 24
2019 Chinese Super League 25 5 0 0 – – 25 5
2020 Chinese Super League 20 5 1 0 – – 21 5
Total 104 57 1 0 0 0 0 0 105 57
Deportivo Cali 2021 Categoría Primera A 23 13 4 0 – – 27 13
Santos Laguna 2021–22 Liga MX 14 6 – 2 0 – 16 6
2022–23 Liga MX 39 15 – – 2 3 41 18
Total 53 21 0 0 2 0 2 3 57 24
Career total 300 154 11 0 5 0 2 3 318 157

Honours

Deportivo Cali

Jaguares de Córdoba

Individual

References

  1. ^ Harold Preciado Archived 2016-08-16 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  2. ^ "Harold Preciado suspended by Mexico's Anti-Doping Committee". ESPN. 7 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Colombia - List of Second Division Champions". RSSSF. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Torneo Apertura 2015". RSSSF. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  5. ^ "哥伦比亚银靴正式加盟深圳 拒多支欧美劲旅后来投". sports.sina.com.cn. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  6. ^ "China » League One 2017 » 1. Round » Shenzhen FC - Dalian Transcendence 6:0". worldfootball.net. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  7. ^ "2017中甲联赛射手榜". sports.sina.com.cn. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  8. ^ "China 2018 > China League One". RSSSF. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Dante Elizalde confirma la contratación de Harold Preaciado". santoslaguna.com. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Harold Preciado suspended by Mexico's Anti-Doping Committee". ESPN. 7 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Falcao left out of Colombia's Copa America squad". goal.com. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  12. ^ "Colombia vs. Honduras". Soccerway.com. 21 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Harold Preciado". ogol.
  14. ^ "H. Preciado - Career statistics".
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