Luis Carlos Arias

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

Luis Carlos Arias

Personal information
Full name	Luis Carlos Arias Cardona
Date of birth	(1985-01-13) 13 January 1985
Place of birth	La Unión, Antioquia, Colombia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position	Left midfielder
Team information
Current team	Nacional Potosí
Number	11
Youth career
	Deportivo Rionegro
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2008	Deportivo Rionegro	57	(9)
2009–2011	Medellín	89	(23)
2010–2011	→ Toluca (loan)	9	(0)
2012–2015	Santa Fe	94	(18)
2015–2018	Medellín	74	(9)
2018	Deportivo Pasto	25	(1)
2019	Unión Magdalena	37	(5)
2020–	Nacional Potosí	4	(0)
International career
2010	Colombia	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:42, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Luis Carlos Arias Cardona (born January 13, 1985) is a Colombian footballer who currently plays as a left midfielder for Nacional Potosí.

Club career

At the beginning of his career

He started his career in Rionegro-Antioquia, where he had played from 2006 to 2008. Due to his performance he was recruited by DIM.

Independiente Medellín

In 2009, he was brought in to strengthen DIM, in which he was an important player in gaining its fifth title in the 2009 Categoría Primera season. During that year, he scored the best goal of his career, which made his team win the game against Cúcuta Deportivo with a score 2–1. One year later, he played in Copa Libertadores for the first time in his career. After playing two years in Medellín, he left Independiente Medellín to move to Deportivo Toluca of Mexico. However, his career did not thrive in that club, so he returned to Independiente Medellín, the same one that had him under contract.

Return to Medellín

For the second semester of 2011, it was decided to loan him to Deportes Tolima, but finally, as the player was going to be borrowed and not sold to the Tolima club, he came back to Medallo to play Torneo finalización 2011.

Independiente Santa Fe

On January 4, 2012, his transfer to Santa Fe was confirmed. During his first year in one of the clubs from the Colombian capital city, he played a major part in securing the team's seventh star at Torneo Apertura, ending 36 years of failure to gain a title in the league. In 2013, he won his second title with the team, Superliga del 2013, making two essential goals. In that year, Luis played in the League and in Copa Libertadores. However, he was injured during the quarter-finals, and was unable to play for a period. During the first semester of 2014, he recovered from his injury to play in Copa Libertadores and Liga Postobon. In the second semester, he managed to get the eight-Liga Postobon-title teaming up with Daniel Torres, Omar Pérez, Francisco Meza, Juan Daniel Roa and Luis Manuel Seijas, in a final against the paisa team, Independiente Medellín, whom he scored the goal that assured his team's victory. He continued in Independiente Santa Fe until 2015, then returned to Independiente Medellín.

Independiente Medellín

In 2015, former DIM's coach, Leonel Álvarez, brought him back to the club for the Torneo Finalización 2015, where the team reached the semi-finals before being eliminated Atlético Nacional. In 2016, during the Torneo Apertura, he delivered a strong, overall performance compared to his 2009 season. That year he scarpered a free-kick goal against Atlético Huila, that was later highlighted by the sports channel, Win Sports. Some Independiente Medellin fan websites have described him as an important figure to teh club.

Career statistics

As of match played on 7 April 2018

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Independiente Medellín	2009	Categoría Primera A	39	6	0	0	—		8	2	47	8
	2010		34	16	0	0	—		5	1	39	17
	2011		16	1	0	0	—				16	1
	Total		89	23	0	0	0	0	13	3	102	26
Toluca (loan)	2010–11	Mexican Primera División	9	0	0	0	—		1	0	10	0
Santa Fe	2012	Categoría Primera A	26	3	10	1	—				36	4
	2013		20	4	0	0	—		8	2	28	6
	2014		39	10	14	4	—		7	0	60	14
	2015		9	1	0	0	—		8	1	17	2
	Total		94	18	24	5	0	0	23	3	141	26
Independiente Medellín	2015	Categoría Primera A	10	2	4	0	—				14	2
	2016		39	5	5	0	—		5	2	49	7
	2017		25	2	1	0	—		9	0	35	2
	Total		74	9	10	0	0	0	14	2	98	11
Deportivo Pasto	2018	Categoría Primera A	12	0	0	0	—				12	0
Career totals			278	50	34	5	0	0	51	8	363	63

External links

• Luis Carlos Arias at National-Football-Teams.com
• Luis Carlos Arias at BDFA (in Spanish)
• 200.118.0.31 Golgolgol.net Profile
• Dalerojo.net