# Andrés Escobar (footballer, born 1991)

Andrés Ramiro Escobar Díaz (born 14 May 1991), nicknamed Manga, is a Colombian footballer and convicted rapist who played as a forward, most recently for Leiknir Reykjavík.

## Club career
### Deportivo Cali

Escobar began his career in Categoría Primera A club, Deportivo Cali. He made his professional debut on 2 May 2010, in a 1–0 victory against Envigado, coming on as a 50th-minute substitute for Armando Carrillo. Escobar scored his first ever goal on 8 May, in the 38th minute in a 1–3 win against Deportivo Pereira. That same year he would score 5 goals in 6 matches in the 2010 Copa Colombia. He noticeably scored 2 goals in both legs of the final (1 goal per each match), in which Deportivo Cali defeated Itagüí with a global score of 3–0 therefore claiming the title.

### Dynamo Kyiv

On 28 August 2011, it was announced that Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv purchased Escobar with an agreement of 5 years. Escobar officially debuted for the club on 21 September 2011, for the 2011–12 Ukrainian Cup, in a 3–2 away win against Kremin, coming on as a 73rd-minute substitute for Oleh Husyev. However, it is the only match that Escobar has played so far for the Ukrainian club.

### Deportivo Cali

Escobar returned to Deportivo Cali for the 2012 season as a loan spell. Escobar scored 5 goals in 35 matches during the 2012 and 2013 season in Deportivo Cali. He made his way back to Dynamo Kyiv on 30 June 2013.

### Évian

On 19 July, Escobar would be loaned to Ligue 1 club, Évian, club that would play the 2012–13 season.

### FC Dallas

On 14 February 2014, Escobar officially signed for Major League Soccer side FC Dallas on loan from Dynamo Kyiv.

## International career

Escobar was called for the Colombia U20 squad for the 2011 South American U-20 Championship. He played 8 of the 9 matches that the team played in the competition and scored 1 goal, in the 37th minute of the 2–1 win against Bolivia U20.
He also was called for the 2011 Toulon Tournament. There he played 4 matches, but did not score any goal. Colombia was the champion of this tournament.

## Career statistics
### Club

| Club performance | Club performance | Club performance | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Total | Total |
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Colombia | Colombia | Colombia | League | League | Cup | Cup | South America | South America | Total | Total |
| 2010 | Deportivo Cali | Categoría Primera A | 18 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 7 |
| 2011 | Deportivo Cali | Categoría Primera A | 15 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| Ukraine | Ukraine | Ukraine | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| 2011–12 | Dynamo Kyiv | Ukrainian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Colombia | Colombia | Colombia | League | League | Cup | Cup | South America | South America | Total | Total |
| 2012 | Deportivo Cali | Categoría Primera A | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 |
| 2013 | Deportivo Cali | Categoría Primera A | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 |
| France | France | France | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| 2013–14 | Évian TG | Ligue 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2013–14 | Évian TG Reserves | CFA 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| USA | USA | USA | League | League | Cup | Cup | North America | North America | Total | Total |
| 2014 | FC Dallas | Major League Soccer | 26 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 |
| Colombia | Colombia | Colombia | League | League | Cup | Cup | South America | South America | Total | Total |
| 2015 | Atlético Nacional | Categoría Primera A | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 2016 | Millonarios | Categoría Primera A | 30 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 7 |
| Total | Colombia | Colombia | 113 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 131 | 18 |
| Total | France | France | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Total | Ukraine | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | USA | USA | 26 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 |
| Total | Career total | Career total | 126 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 146 | 22 |

### International
#### International appearances
##### Under-20

| Team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Colombia | 2011 | 12 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 12 | 1 |

#### International goals
##### Under-20

International goals :
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 2011-01-26 | Estadio Jorge Basadre, Tacna, Peru | Bolivia | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2011 South American U-20 Championship |

## Honours
### Club
#### Deportivo Cali

* Copa Colombia (1): 2010

#### Dynamo Kyiv

* Premier League
       Runner-up (1): 2011–12

### International
#### Under-20

* Toulon Tournament (1): 2011

## Sexual abuse conviction

In March of 2022, Escobar was convicted of raping a woman he met in Reykjavik. According to the court, Escobar took advantage of the woman's intoxicated state. In September 2022, Escobar received a two-and-a-half-year sentence.