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Name
Yimmi Chará

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Born
1991 (33 years old)

Birth Place

Cali, Colombia

Position
Midfielder

Status
Active

Ethnicity
Hispanic

Team Number
8

Height
1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)

Weight
77 kg

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Sport

Soccer

Team
Atlético Junior

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League
Colombia Categoría Primera A

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Yimmi Javier Chará Zamora (born April 2, 1991) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Categoría Primera A club Atlético Junior and the Colombia national team.

Club career
On December 17, 2014, Rayados de Monterrey signed Chará from Deportes Tolima. He was the fifth Colombian in the present tournament joining his compatriots Stefan Medina, Dorlan Pabon as well as Alexander Mejía and Edwin Cardona who just joined the team. In June 2015 Chará was loaned to Atlético Nacional where they became League Champions. Atlético Nacional wanted to extend Chará's contract but on December 17, 2015, Dorados de Sinaloa agreed to signed Chará in a 6-month loan deal from Monterrey.

Atlético Junior
In July 2017, Chará signed for Atlético Junior. He scored 13 goals in 28 games in his first season at Barranquilla, helping Junior win the 2017 Copa Colombia.

Atlético Mineiro
On June 12, 2018, Chará joined Brazilian club Atlético Mineiro on a five-year contract for a reported fee of €5 million.

Portland Timbers
On January 2, 2020, Chará joined MLS club Portland Timbers as a Designated Player. It was the first time since his brother Diego left Deportes Tolima in 2011 that they had been at the same club.

International career
On October 3, 2014, Chará was called up to the Colombian senior team, for the first time, by manager José Néstor Pekerman for the team's friendlies against El Salvador and Canada. On August 31, 2017, Chará made his official debut with Colombia playing an away game against Venezuela. On his third match with the Colombian senior team against Paraguay, he assisted and quickly became a more important player for the Colombian senior team.

In May 2018, he was named in Colombia's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. However, he did not make the final cut to 23.

Season Stats
3 appearances in the current 2024 Season
6 goals scored in the current 2024 Season