Dorlan Pabon

Dorlan Mauricio Pabon Rios (born 24 January 1988) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Atletico Nacional. He is nicknamed Memin, after an old Mexican comic character named Memin Pinguin.

Club Career

Envigado

Pabon started his career with Envigado, where he became the top goalscorer of the 2008 Copa Colombia alongside Wilson Mena.

Nacional

In 2010, Pabon moved to Colombian team Atletico Nacional. He is remembered for scoring a free-kick from 40 yards against Penarol during a 2012 Copa Libertadores group stage game which Nacional won 4–0 away from home, with two of the goals coming from Pabon. Nacional went on to lose in the Round of 16 against Velez Sarsfield. Pabon ended the Copa Libertadores tournament with 7 goals, and being named player of the week for the tournament once, in 21–23 February.

With Nacional, Pabon also won the 2011 Liga Postobon Apertura, in which Nacional faced La Equidad, after losing the first leg 2–1, Nacional needed to win by a goal in the second leg to go into penalties. Pabon scored two goals in the away leg which ended 2–1, and scored his penalty in the shootout, which helped Nacional win its 11th National title. He has also scored a total of 50 goals in 71 games for Nacional since his arrival.

Parma

Pabon attracted interest from many European clubs, eventually joining Serie A club Parma F.C. on 27 June 2012, signing a five-year contract. His spell in Italy was not a great success, producing 1 goal in 11 games. During the January 2013 transfer window, Mexican team C.F. Monterrey announced that Pabon would be transferred the following summer to play for them.

Betis (loan)

Shortly after being transferred to Monterrey, it was announced that Pabon would be loaned to Real Betis in Spain for the next six months. However, he was registered as a loan by Parma because FIFA does not allow a player to be registered to th

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