Luis Manuel Orejuela

Luis Manuel Orejuela García (born 20 August 1995) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Brazilian club Grêmio on loan from Cruzeiro.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Orejuela and the second or maternal family name is García.
Luis Manuel Orejuela
Personal information
Full name Luis Manuel Orejuela García
Date of birth (1995-08-20) 20 August 1995
Place of birth Cali, Colombia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Grêmio
Number 17
Youth career
Recuerdos de Olimpia
Deportivo Cali
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Deportivo Cali 54 (3)
2017–2019 Jong Ajax 16 (1)
2017–2019 Ajax 1 (0)
2019 → Cruzeiro (loan) 35 (2)
2020– Cruzeiro 0 (0)
2020– → Grêmio (loan) 9 (0)
National team‡
2014–2015 Colombia U20 9 (0)
2019– Colombia 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 September 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 September 2019

Club career

Deportivo Cali

Born in Cali, Orejuela represented Deportivo Cali as a youth. He made his first team debut on 7 August 2013 at the age of 18, starting in a 1–1 Copa Colombia away draw against Unión Magdalena.[1]

Orejuela made his Categoría Primera A debut on 5 April 2014, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 away loss against Millonarios.[2] Initially a backup option, he became a regular starter for the club from the 2016 season onwards; he scored his first senior goal on 20 November of that year, netting the opener in a 3–1 away defeat of Rionegro Águilas.[3]

Ajax

On 11 August 2017, Orejuela moved abroad and signed a five-year contract with Eredivisie side Ajax.[4] Initially assigned to the reserves in Eerste Divisie, he made his first team debut on 20 September, starting in a 5–1 away routing of SVV Scheveningen for the KNVB Cup.[5]

Orejuela made his debut in the Eredivisie on 17 December 2017, coming on as a half-time substitute for Deyovaisio Zeefuik in a 2–1 away success over AZ Alkmaar.

Cruzeiro

On 8 January 2019, Orejuela joined Cruzeiro on loan until December.[6] Initially a backup to Edílson, he became a regular starter as his side suffered relegation for the first time in the club's history. At the end of the year, Cruzeiro exercised their option to sign Orejuela, paying $1.5 million for 50% of his rights.[7]

Grêmio (loan)

On 17 January 2020, Orejuela joined Grêmio on loan.[8]

International career

Orejuela represented Colombia at under-20 level before receiving a call up to the full side on 13 March 2019, for two friendlies against Japan and South Korea.[9] He made his full international debut on 26 March, starting in a 2–1 loss against the latter.[10]

Career statistics

Club
As of 16 September 2020.[11]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Deportivo Cali 2013 Categoría Primera A 0010——10
2014 1010——20
2015 4020——60
2016 241401[lower-alpha 1]0—291
2017 252514[lower-alpha 2]0—343
Total 54313150—724
Jong Ajax 2017–18 Eerste Divisie 161———161
Ajax 2017–18 Eredivisie 103000—40
Cruzeiro (loan) 2019 Série A 232304[lower-alpha 1]05[lower-alpha 3]0352
Grêmio (loan) 2020 90001[lower-alpha 1]07[lower-alpha 4]0170
Career total 10351911001201447
  1. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores.
  2. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana.
  3. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Mineiro.
  4. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Gaúcho.

International
As of 17 December 2019[12]
Colombia
YearAppsGoals
201940
Total40

Honours
Deportivo Cali
Jong Ajax
Cruzeiro
Grêmio

References
  1. "¿Quién es Luis Orejuela, el lateral convocado por Queiroz?" [Who is Luis Orejuela, the full back called up by Queiroz?] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  2. "Fabián Vargas le dio el triunfo a Millonarios y hundió más al Cali" [Fabián Vargas gave the win to Millonarios and sunk Cali even further] (in Spanish). Fútbol Red. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  3. "Triunfo en Rionegro, clasificación y salto al segundo lugar de la tabla" [Triumph in Rionegro, qualification and jump to the second place in the table] (in Spanish). Futbolete. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  4. "Ajax signs Luis Manuel Orejuela". AFC Ajax. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  5. "Dolberg leads Ajax to 2nd round KNVB Cup". AFC Ajax. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  6. "Ajax loans out Luis Orejuela to Cruzeiro Esporte Clube". AFC Ajax. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  7. "Cruzeiro exerce preferência e anuncia compra de parte dos direitos de Orejuela". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  8. "Grêmio anuncia contratação do lateral Orejuela, do Cruzeiro". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  9. "Carlos Queiroz convocó a Luis Manuel Orejuela tras la lesión de Santiago Arias" [Carlos Queiroz called up Luis Manuel Orejuela after the injury of Santiago Arias] (in Spanish). El Espectador. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  10. "Orejuela hizo un "partidazo" ante Corea, según Queiroz" [Orejuela played "superbly" against Korea, according to Queiroz] (in Spanish). Antena 2. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  11. Luis Manuel Orejuela at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  12. "Luis Manuel Orejuela". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
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