Carlos Alberto Preciado Benítez (born 30 March 1985) is a Colombian professional soccer player who currently plays as a forward for FC Carlos Stein.

Carlos Preciado
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-03-30) 30 March 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Cali, Colombia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Carlos Stein
Number 19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2008 América de Cali 77 (8)
2005Real Cartagena (loan) 38 (6)
2009 Deportivo Pereira 36 (8)
2010 América de Cali 28 (1)
2011 Millonarios 43 (3)
2012 Deportes Tolima 37 (4)
2013 Envigado 22 (1)
2014 León de Huánuco 30 (15)
2015 Alianza Lima 40 (8)
2016 Al-Sailiya SC 10 (4)
2016 Tampa Bay Rowdies 18 (0)
2017 Sport Huancayo 26 (9)
2018 Al-Shamal 10 (4)
2018 Unión Comercio 18 (4)
2019 Ayacucho 30 (5)
2020– Carlos Stein 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:09, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

Professional career

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Preciado began his career with his hometown club América de Cali. During his time with América, Preciado made appearances for both the first team and the reserve squad. In 2005, Preciado was loaned to lower division team Real Cartagena. He was released by América after the 2008 season and joined Deportivo Pereira.[1] After impressing with Deportivo Pereira, Preciado rejoined América but was released again after one season. From 2011 to 2013, spent a season each with Colombian clubs Millonarios F.C.,[2] Deportes Tolima, and Envigado F.C.

In 2014, Preciado joined his first non-Colombian team, Peru's León de Huánuco. Preciado performed well in Huánuco and the following season he was brought on by Alianza Lima.

On January 7, 2016, Preciado joined Qatari club Al-Sailiya SC.[3] He made his debut on January 27, playing 87 minutes in a 3–1 victory over Al-Mesaimeer. Preciado's first two goals for ASSC came on February 13, during a 2–3 loss to Al-Wakrah.

After just 10 games in the Qatari Stars League, Preciado transferred to the North American Soccer League's Tampa Bay Rowdies on July 19, 2016.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "El Deportivo Pereira 'se arma' para la nueva temporada del Torneo Mustang - El Tiempo" (in Spanish).
  2. ^ "Millonarios presento a Ramos y Carlos Preciado como sus refuerzos" (in Spanish).
  3. ^ "Calos Preciado se va al Al-Sailiya de Qatar" (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Rowdies Reinforce Attack with Signing of Colombian Forward Carlos Preciado". Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
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