Andrés Rentería

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rentería and the second or maternal family name is Morelo.

Andrés Jair Rentería Morelo^[2] (born 6 March 1993), commonly known as Andrés Rentería, is a Colombian footballer who plays as a forward for Deportes Tolima. He is a naturalized citizen of Mexico.^[3]

Andrés Rentería

Personal information
Full name	Andrés Jair Rentería Morelo^[1]
Date of birth	(1993-03-06) 6 March 1993 (age 29)
Place of birth	Medellín, Colombia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Club information
Current team	Santa Fe
Youth career
2011–2012	Atlético Nacional
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012	Atlético Nacional	2	(0)
2012	→ Alianza Petrolera (loan)	21	(14)
2013–2016	Santos Laguna	103	(23)
2016–2017	Querétaro	12	(1)
2017–2018	Atlético Nacional	32	(6)
2018–2019	Cruz Azul	10	(2)
2019	→ San Lorenzo (loan)	4	(0)
2019–2020	Rionegro Águilas	27	(6)
2021–2022	Santa Fe	7	(1)
2022	Jaguares de Cordoba	28	(12)
2023-	Deportes Tolima
International career
2013	Colombia U20	7	(2)
2015–	Colombia	2	(1)
2016	Colombia Olympic	1	(0)
Honours  Colombia Runner-up Toulon Tournament 2013
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:59, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Atlético Nacional and Alianza Petrolera

Rentería started his career in Atlético Nacional's youth teams, and debuted in the first team on 4 March 2012, in the 1–0 defeat against Cúcuta Deportivo, coming on as an 81st-minute substitute for Diego Álvarez. He began his career as a centre forward, but eventually adopted its current position of winger.

On 30 June, he was loaned to Primera B club Alianza Petrolera. He debuted for the team on 28 July, in the 1–4 win against Uniautónoma, where he scored the 4 goals of his team.^[4] He would score 14 goals in 21 matches, becoming the season's top scorer and helping to Alianza Petrolera to get promotion to the Categoría Primera A for the first time in its history.

Santos Laguna

On 11 December 2012, Rentería was sold to Liga MX club Santos Laguna.^[5] He debuted for the team on 20 January, in the 2–1 defeat against Puebla. Rentería would score his first goal on 12 May, in the 1–3 win against Atlas.

Cruz Azul

On July 21, 2018, Renteria made his debut with Cruz Azul and scored his 1st goal in the 80th minute in a 3-0 victory against Puebla.

On 28 January 2019 it was confirmed, that Renteria would spend the rest of 2019 on loan at San Lorenzo.^[6]

International career

Rentería was called for the Colombia U20 squad of the 2013 Toulon Tournament. He played 4 matches, and scored a goal in the 80th minute of the 1–3 win against France U20.

He also was called for the squad that played the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey, where he played 3 matches, and scored a goal in the 21st minute of the 0–3 win against El Salvador U-20.

On 22 March 2015 he was called up by Colombia national team for the friendlies against Bahrain and Kuwait. He made his international debut four days later, coming on as a second-half substitute for Radamel Falcao García, assisting Johan Mojica in the 79th minute and scoring in the 82nd, assisted by Mojica himself in a 6-0 win.

On 25 March 2016, Rentería made his debut for the Colombia Olympic football team in the 2016 Summer Olympics CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off. Subsequently the team qualified to the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Career statistics

Club

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Colombia			League		Cup		South America		Total
2012	Atlético Nacional	Categoría Primera A	2	0	3	0	0	0	5	0
2012	Alianza Petrolera	Categoría Primera B	21	14	0	0	0	0	21	14
Mexico			League		Cup		North America		Total
2012–13	Santos Laguna	Liga MX	13	2	0	0	1	0	14	2
2013–14			25	6	3	0	7	2	35	8
2014–15			38	11	14	7	0	0	52	18
2015–16			27	4	0	0	5	1	32	5
Total	Colombia		23	14	3	0	0	0	26	14
	Mexico		103	23	17	7	13	3	133	33
	Career total		126	37	20	7	13	3	159	47

International

International appearances

Under-20

Team	Year	Apps	Goals
Colombia	2013	7	2
Total		7	2

Senior

Team	Year	Apps	Goals
Colombia	2015	2	1
Total		2	1

Olympic

Team	Year	Apps	Goals
Colombia	2016	1	0
Total		1	0

International goals

Under-20

Scores and results lists Colombia's goal tally first.^[7]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Final	Competition
1.	3 June 2013	Parc des Sports, Avignon, France	France	3–1	3–1	2013 Toulon Tournament
2.	28 June 2013	Gaziantep Kamil Ocak Stadium, Gaziantep, Turkey	El Salvador	1–0	3–0	2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Senior

Scores and results lists Colombia's goal tally first.^[7]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Final	Competition
1.	26 March 2015	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain	Bahrain	6–0	6–0	Friendly

Honours

Club

Alianza Petrolera

• Primera B: 2012

Santos Laguna

• Liga MX: Clausura 2015
• Copa MX: Apertura 2014
• Campeón de Campeones: 2015

Querétaro

• Copa MX: Apertura 2016

Cruz Azul

• Copa MX: Apertura 2018

Individual

• Primera B - Torneo Finalización top goalscorer: 2012
• Copa MX top goalscorer: Apertura 2014

References

1. Andrés Rentería at Soccerway
2. Profile in BDFA
3. . Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
4. Guzmán, Arcardio (29 July 2012). "Con cuatro goles de Andrés Rentería, Alianza goleó 1-4 a Uniautónoma". Futbolred.com (in Spanish).
5. Chávez, David (11 December 2012). . Futbol Total (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 December 2013.
6. Andrés Rentería ya es jugador de San Lorenzo, rcnradio.com, 28 January 2019
7. "Andrés Rentería International Statistics"., Int.soccerway.com Retrieved on 31 March 2015

External links

• Andrés Yair Rentería Morelo at Liga MX () (in Spanish)
• Andres Yair Renteria Morelo – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com () (in Spanish)
• Andrés Rentería at WorldFootball.net