Miller Bolaños

Miller Alejandro Bolaños Reasco (born 1 June 1990 in Esmeraldas) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a striker for Liga MX club Tijuana.

Miller Bolaños
Bolaños celebrating for Emelec in 2015
Personal information
Full name Miller Alejandro Bolaños Reasco
Date of birth (1990-06-01) 1 June 1990
Place of birth Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position(s) Striker/Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Tijuana
Number 10
Youth career
2003–2006 Caribe Junior
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Barcelona SC 37 (4)
2009–2013 LDU Quito 80 (18)
2012–2013 → Chivas USA (loan) 29 (3)
2013–2015 → Emelec (loan) 76 (44)
2016–2017 Grêmio 20 (3)
2017– Tijuana 84 (19)
National team‡
2007 Ecuador U17
2015– Ecuador 25 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:20, 22 February 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 November 2018
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Bolaños and the second or maternal family name is Reasco.

Club career

LDU Quito

Bolaños began his career in the youth ranks of Caribe Junior. In 2006, he joined Barcelona SC and made his professional debut the same year. In 2009 the promising forward was transferred to LDU Quito. On 29 August 2009 in a 4–0 win over LDU Portoviejo, Bolaños scored the 2,500th goal in LDU Quito's history.[1] He was an important player for LDU Quito during the most glorious period of the club's history as he helped the Ecuadorian club capture the 2010 Serie A title,2009 Copa Sudamericana, and the 2009 and 2010 Recopa Sudamericana.

Loan to Chivas USA

On 11 January 2012 it was announced that Bolaños would be joining Chivas USA in Major League Soccer, accompanying compatriot Oswaldo Minda.[2] On 18 July, he scored his first MLS goal against the Portland Timbers at The Home Depot Center, finishing a Ryan Smith pass for the only goal of the game in the 16th minute.[3]

Loan to Emelec

Miller joined Emelec by loan on the summer of 2013. Though Miller only played 5 league games, he won the 2013 Ecuadorian Serie A season. Miller scored 19 league-goals in 36 games, including 2 goals in the season final match against club-rivals Barcelona SC, winning the 2014 Ecuadorian Serie A. Miller Bolaños became top Striker goal-scorer in the 2014 Copa Sudamericana with 5 goals. During the 2013 season he noticeably formed a successful striking partnership with Denis Stracqualursi which was known affectionately as Straq-Bol by Emelec fans. This was a play on words of Spag-Bol, the Italian pasta dish.

Grêmio

On 7 February 2016, it was confirmed that Miller would play for Grêmio.[4]

International career

Bolaños represented Ecuador at various youth levels. He participated in the 2007 South American Under-17 Football Championship, helping Ecuador to a 5–4 victory over Brazil.

Bolaños made his debut for Ecuador on 28 March 2015 in a match against Mexico, playing all 90 minutes of the game. Three days later he went on to score his first goal, equalising in a 2–1 friendly loss to Argentina in New Jersey.[5]

Bolaños was selected for the 2015 Copa América in Chile, his first major international tournament. In the opening game against the hosts at the Estadio Nacional, he fouled Arturo Vidal, who consequently scored the first goal of the tournament from the penalty spot as his team defeated Ecuador 2–0.[6] In the second match, he scored from outside the penalty area, albeit in a 2–3 defeat against Bolivia.[7] In the third match in Rancagua, he opened the scoring in a 2–1 victory over Mexico which eliminated the opponents, also setting up the second for Enner Valencia.[8]

International goals
Score and Result list Ecuador's goal tally first[9]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.1 April 2015MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, United States Argentina
1–1
1–2
Friendly
2.6 June 2015Estadio George Capwell, Guayaquil, Ecuador Panama
1–0
4–0
Friendly
3.15 June 2015Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso, Chile Bolivia
2–3
2–3
2015 Copa América
4.19 June 2015Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua, Chile Mexico
1–0
2–1
2015 Copa América
5.8 September 2015Estadio Olimpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador Honduras
2–0
2–0
Friendly
6.13 October 2015Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador Bolivia1–02–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.8 June 2016University of Phoenix, Glendale, United States Peru2–22–2Copa América Centenario
8.15 November 2016Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador Venezuela
2–0
3–0
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Career statistics

Club
As of 9 June 2020
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Barcelona SC 2006 Serie A 70–00–70
2007 153–00–153
2008 151–00–151
Total 374–00–374
LDU Quito 2009 Serie A 356–71–427
2010 249–71–3110
2011 213–91–304
Total 8018–233–10321
Chivas USA 2012 MLS2431000–253
2013 501100–60
Total 2932000–313
Emelec 2013 Serie A 60–31–91
2014 3619–125–4824
2015 3425–1411–4836
Total 7644–2917–10561
Grêmio 2016 Série A 183323141287
2017 200031137188
Total 20332621784615
Tijuana 2017–18 Liga MX2891040–339
2018–19 Liga MX3299110–4210
2019–20 Liga MX2617110–342
Total 861917250–10921
Career total 348912246322178450125

International
As of 20 November 2018
Ecuador national team
YearAppsGoals
2015126
201672
201710
201850
Total258

Honors

Club

LDU Quito

Emelec

Gremio

Individual

Personal life

His older brother is Álex Bolaños, also a midfielder. He too represented Barcelona and LDU among others, and played internationally for their country.

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References
  1. Bolaños scores 2,500th goal for LDU
  2. Bolaños joins Chivas
  3. "Recap: Bolanos nets for Chivas as Portland falter again". Major League Soccer. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  4. "Miller Bolaños happy to join Grêmio after turning down the chance to go to China". Samba Foot. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  5. Fenn, Alec (31 March 2015). "Argentina 2-1 Ecuador: Pastore the hero in Messi's absence". Goal.com. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  6. "Vidal and Vargas lead hosts Chile to opening Copa América victory". The Guardian. 12 June 2015.
  7. "Miler Bolaños anotó golazo desde fuera del área a Bolivia" [Miler Bolaños scored a wondergoal from outside the area against Bolivia]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 15 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  8. "Mexico 1-2 Ecuador: Copa America ends in disaster for El Tri". Goal.com. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  9. "Bolaños, Miler". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
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