Jorge Betancur | |
Fullname: | Jorge Andrés Betancur Bustamante |
Birth Date: | 19 August 1991 |
Birth Place: | Supía, Colombia |
Height: | 1.87 m |
Position: | Forward, midfielder |
Currentclub: | Managua |
Clubnumber: | 8 |
Years1: | 2014–2015 |
Clubs1: | Villa Española |
Caps1: | 13 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2016 |
Clubs2: | Juventus Managua |
Caps2: | 15 |
Goals2: | 2 |
Years3: | 2017 |
Clubs3: | Atlético Huila |
Caps3: | 13 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Years4: | 2017 |
Clubs4: | Envigado |
Caps4: | 7 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2018–2021 |
Clubs5: | Real Estelí |
Caps5: | 93 |
Goals5: | 14 |
Years6: | 2021 |
Clubs6: | Lynx |
Caps6: | 7 |
Goals6: | 1 |
Years7: | 2022– |
Clubs7: | Managua |
Caps7: | 51 |
Goals7: | 2 |
Nationalyears1: | 2019 |
Nationalteam1: | Nicaragua |
Nationalcaps1: | 14 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Pcupdate: | 7 May 2023 |
Ntupdate: | 19 November 2019 |
Jorge Andrés Betancur Bustamante (born 19 August 1991) is a footballer who plays as a forward for Liga Primera de Nicaragua club Managua FC.
Born and raised in Colombia to Colombian parents, Betancur has played in the Nicaraguan league and subsequently capped for the Nicaragua national team.
A former player of Villa Española in the Uruguayan Segunda División, Betancur debuted in the Liga Primera de Nicaragua for Juventus Managua from August to October 2016. Shortly after, he returned to Colombia, joining Atlético Huila. He spent the entire 2017 in the Colombian Primera A. Besides Huila, he also played for Envigado.
Having arrived to Nicaragua for the second time in January 2018 to play for Real Estelí, Betancur became a naturalized citizen just a year later, in 2019. According La Prensa, he did not comply with the Nationality Law No. 149 at the moment of his naturalization.[1] By debuting for Nicaragua that very 2019, he also failed with the FIFA eligibility rules.