Víctor Danilo Pacheco Bustamente (born 25 September 1974 in Suán) is a former Colombian footballer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Víctor Danilo Pacheco Bustamante | ||
| Date of birth | 24 September 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Suán, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1999 | Atlético Junior | 361 | (78) |
| 1999–2000 | Independiente Medellín | 59 | (17) |
| 2000–2002 | Atlante | 12 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Unión Magdalena | ||
| 2003–2005 | Atlante | 78 | (4) |
| 2006 | Atlético Junior | ||
| 2006–2007 | América de Cali | 31 | (3) |
| 2007 | Bucaramanga | 16 | (2) |
| 2008 | Boyacá Chicó | 36 | (3) |
| 2009 | Pasto | 9 | (0) |
| 2009 | Atlético Junior | 6 | (0) |
| 2010 | Bogotá | ||
| 2011 | Uniautónoma | 30 | (7) |
| International career | |||
| 1993–2005 | Colombia | 28 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editPacheco began his professional career with Junior, with which he won two domestic titles (1993 and 1995), participating in the Copa Libertadores 1994 y 1996.
After playing for Atlante from México, he returned to Junior where his performance was less well than expected. He was then signed for Unión Magdalena, playing for it from 2004 to 2006. He then was signed for América de Cali in 2006. The following year, he was signed for Atlético Bucaramanga, where he also underperformed.
At the beginnings of 2008, he was signed for Boyacá Chicó, nevertheless, due to the economic crisis in the team, Pacheco left it and flew to Canada, where he tried out for Toronto FC, club of the Major League Soccer.[1] However, the club rejected him for not meeting expectations, prompting him to return to the Boyaca Chicó team. In the same season 2008, Pacheco won a domestic title with his team, being it the third of his football career in Colombia, after his team won the final match of the Apertura tournament against America de Cali. At the end of the same year, the contracts for Pacheco and other football players were terminated by Boyacá Chicó.[2]
After having played for Chicó, he played for Deportivo Pasto[3] for six months but he was not given much continuity for playing. He then was signed for Junior, for which he played for 6 months too.[4]
In the year 2010, after being without playing for 6 months, he started playing for Bogotá Fútbol Club from Categoría Primera B.[5] By 2011, Victor Danilo was signed for the new team of primera B Uniautónoma F.C. from Barranquilla.
International career
editPacheco has made 28 appearances for the senior Colombia national football team,[6] including 10 qualifying matches for the FIFA World Cup.[7] He also played at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[8]
Pacheco also played for Colombia at the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Se va Pachequito".En La Jugada consultado el 12 de julio de 2008.
- ^ "Varios 'veteranos' no jugarán la Copa Libertadores con el Boyacá Chicó". Retrieved 30 December 2008.
- ^ En la Jugada, ed. (2 March 2009). "Pacheco es 'volcánico'". Archived from the original on 5 March 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
- ^ "Víctor Pacheco vuelve a vestir los colores del Junior de Barranquilla". Retrieved 29 July 2009.
- ^ Quintoarbitro.com (ed.). "Victor Pacheco: Nuevo Jugador de Bogotá FC". Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
- ^ "Colombia – Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
- ^ a b Victor Pacheco – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Victor Pacheco". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
External links
edit- Víctor Pacheco at National-Football-Teams.com
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