Rafael Robayo

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rafael Robayo

| image = Rafael_Robayo.jpg

| fullname = Rafael Fernando Robayo Marroquín

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|4|24}}

| birth_place = Bogotá, Colombia

| height = 1.84 m

| currentclub = Atlético Bucaramanga

| clubnumber =

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 2000–2002

| youthclubs1 = Escuela de Fútbol Vida

| years1 = 2003–2004

| years2 = 2004

| years3 = 2005–2011

| years4 = 2012

| years5 = 2012–2016

| years6 = 2017

| years7 = 2018

| years8 = 2019

| years9 = 2022

| clubs1 = Atlético Nacional

| clubs2 = Once Caldas

| clubs3 = Millonarios

| clubs4 = Chicago Fire

| clubs5 = Millonarios

| clubs6 = Patriotas

| clubs7 = Deportes Tolima

| clubs8 = Atlético Bucaramanga

| clubs9 = CE Carroi

| caps1 = 1

| caps2 = 0

| caps3 = 229

| caps4 = 16

| caps5 = 156

| caps6 = 19

| caps7 = 45

| caps8 = 27

| caps9 = 12

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 26

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 12

| goals6 = 1

| goals7 = 2

| goals8 = 1

| goals9 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2010

| nationalteam1 = Colombia

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = 3 March 2019

}}

Rafael Robayo (born April 24, 1984) is a former Colombian footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

=Atletico Nacional=

Robayo began his youth career at Escuela de Fútbol Vida. In 2003, he joined top Colombian club Atlético Nacional and made his first team debut.

=Millonarios FC=

In early 2005 Robayo joined Millonarios and on May 15 of that year scored his first professional goal in a 1-1 draw with Atlético Nacional in Medellín.[http://www.dalemillos.com/fechas2005/5a15nacional.htm Robayo scores in 1-1 draw with Nacional] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908051527/http://www.dalemillos.com/fechas2005/5a15nacional.htm |date=2008-09-08 }}

In 2006 Robayo lost his place for Millonarios but in 2007 he bounced back to claim a starting role in midfield as a result of his fine form during the Copa Sudamericana 2007 in which the club advanced to the semifinal stage.[http://www2.centrotampa.com/ap-espanol/2007/oct/24/sudamericana-millonarios-avanza-a-semifinales/ Millonarios advance to semis] After the departure of Gerardo Bedoya in early 2010, Robayo has served as club captain alternating with José Mera.[http://www.elespectador.com/imagen-rafael-robayo-capitan-de-millonarios Robayo captain of Millonarios] On October 24, 2010 Robayo recorded his first two-goal game as Millonarios defeated Deportivo Pereira by a 2-1 score.[http://elperiodicodeportivo.com.co/index.php?modulo=articulos&accion=verArticulo&id=1846 Robayo leads Millonarios to 2-1 victory over Pereira]

Robayo continued his fine form in 2011 as he helped the club win the 2011 Copa Colombia by a 2-0 aggregate score over Boyacá Chicó. After seven seasons at the club on January 4, 2012 Robayo announced that he would be leaving the club.[http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-10935061 Robayo confirms that he will be leaving Millonarios]

=Chicago=

A day later it was revealed that Robayo would be joining Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer.[http://www.eltiempo.com/deportes/futbol-colombiano/rafael-robayo-jugara-en-el-chicago-fire-de-la-mls_10936466-4 Robayo to join Chicago Fire]

=Millonarios FC=

On July 26, 2012, after half a season in Chicago, Robayo was loaned back to Millonarios for the remainder of the 2012 season.{{cite news |title=Fire Loan Rafael Robayo to Club Deportivo Millonarios

|url=http://www.chicago-fire.com/news/2012/07/fire-loan-rafael-robayo-club-deportivo-millonarios|publisher=chicago-fire.com |date=26 July 2012}}

On May 3, 2015 he scored the final goal on a 3-1 win against Medellin on the 92nd minute scoring by avoiding the opponent goalkeeper, making him Man of the Match.[http://www.espn.com.co/videohub/video/clipDeportes?id=2370831 Rafael Robayo, the date figure.]

He also scored in a 1-3 win against Santa Fe in the last game of the season, thus eliminating them from the quarterfinals and qualifying his team.[http://colombia.as.com/colombia/2015/05/17/futbol/1431892158_823219.html Millonarios Santa Fe champion eliminates the quarterfinals.]

He is currently the eighth player with more presences in Millonarios with over 300 games where converted 31 goals.

Fact: He is the player from Bogota with more matches on the team and eighth all time with 334.

Statistics

(As of September 16, 2015)

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align=center !bgcolor=#efefef width=5%\|Year !bgcolor=#efefef width=120\|Team !bgcolor=#efefef width=5%\|League Matches !bgcolor=#efefef width=5%\|Goals !bgcolor=#efefef width=5%\|Cup Matches !bgcolor=#efefef width=5%\|Goals !bgcolor=#efefef width=5%\|Inter Matches !bgcolor=#efefef width=5%\|Goals !bgcolor=#efefef width=5%\|Total Matches !bgcolor=#efefef width=5%\|Total Goals
align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF \|2003	Atlético Nacional	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF \|2004	Once Caldas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF \|2005	Millonarios	28	1	0	0	0	0	28	1
align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF \|2006	Millonarios	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF \|2007	Millonarios	29	2	0	0	9	0	40	2
align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF \|2008	Millonarios	33	4	4	1	0	0	37	5
align=center bgcolor=#DOE7FF \|2009	Millonarios	33	1	8	1	0	0	41	2
align=center bgcolor=#DOE7FF \|2010	Millonarios	24	6	10	1	0	0	34	7
align=center bgcolor=#DOE7FF \|2011	Millonarios	38	6	11	2	0	0	49	8
align=center bgcolor=#DOE7FF \|2012	Chicago Fire S.C.\|Chicago Fire	16	0	1	0	0	0	17	0
align=center bgcolor=#DOE7FF \|2012	Millonarios	19	2	1	0	5	1	25	3
align=center bgcolor=#DOE7FF \|2013	Millonarios	38	4	10	1	5	0	53	5
align=center bgcolor=#DOE7FF \|2014	Millonarios	29	1	7	0	2	0	38	1
align=center bgcolor=#DOE7FF \|2015	Millonarios	38	3	2	0	0	0	40	3
align=center bgcolor=#DOE7FF \|Total		326	30	54	6	21	1	402	38