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Atlético Nacional continues to shape its 2021 project. And after officially presenting its new coaching staff, announced through a video the hiring of defender Jonathan Marulanda, 25, who became the first reinforcement of the purslane team for next year.
“I come to give everything with Nacional for you fans. See you in 2021“said the right back, who joined the Paisa team after completing a positive cycle in Deportes Tolima.
After publishing the video on social networks, which exalts the bond with Nacional in its childhood and shows part of the tests that it presented in the High Performance Center, the institution provided details of the player’s hiring, who comes to fill the place of Helibelton Palacios, in a position that was not reinforced after the departure of Daniel Muñoz in the middle of the year.
“For one year on loan with purchase option, Antioqueño Jonathan Marulanda Vásquez signed with Atlético Nacional to join the squad that will be led by strategist Alexandre Guimarães for the 2021 project, “the club said.
In addition to his time in the posh team, with which he acted for more than 1,200 minutes and was a starter 15 times, the player born in Medellín on November 21, 1995, highlighted his professional career in Leones in 2018 and was active in Independiente Medellín and was part of the cast that won the 2019 Eagle Cup.
Marulanda, with purslane past
In the letter, his new club revealed that this is “the second time that Jonathan wears green”, because in “His first steps were taken at the Atlético Nacional Soccer School until he was 15 years old“.
The footballer, in statements included in the statement, expressed his approval with this new step: “It is a great pride to be able to give this joy to my family, which has always been purslane. I am very happy to be able to fulfill my dream of reaching the greatest team in Colombia. Having the coach Guimarães, seeing what the ‘teacher’ has done during his career, is very good. Now is to get up to speed and waiting for the expectations that he has with me and to be on hand to fulfill him. “
According to figures shared by Nacional, Marulanda has played 46 league games in the First Division of Colombian Soccer: 13 games with Lions, 18 with Independiente Medellín in 2019 and 15 with Deportes Tolima in 2020 where he started 13 times. For Copa Colombia, he played 11 commitments and in his career he has scored three goals, two in the League and one in the Cup.
