Yerry Fernando Mina González (23-9-1994) a young fighter and worker, worthy of admiration. He started playing in midfield, but his privileged physique 'forced' him to become a central defender. His career to date has been brilliant. The future center of Barça debuted as a professional footballer at age 19, in the ranks of "Deportivo Pasto" Colombia. A year later, he was already playing in the "Independiente de Santa Fe", where he highlighted for his quality of game. The moment that he caught the attention of many clubs from America was when he scored in the classic against "Millonarios" (one of the most swollen clubs in Colombia). Rigth away, the Brazilian team "Palmeiras" was the fastest of all and signed him for 3.3 million euros. In Brazil it became the central revelation of the year 2016, receiving the award for the best central of the Brazilian championship and was part of the eleven of the year in America. At 21 years old, he had already consecrated himself and started attracting the attention of European clubs. At 23 he was ready to make the jump to the Camp Nou, although he is the first to know that he still has a lot of ground to cover and that he must continue to grow in order to succeed at Barça.
Such a inspirational history for all the young guys that have the dream of become a professional player. A combination of talent, perseverance and desire. Thanks to his height of 1'95 m. and great magnitude, has the physical and great power of intimidation, goes strong to shock and defends with strength and cunning. Brave at the crossroads, do not be intimidated by rivals. Despite his great stature, it is a very fast center.
Since he debuted as a professional player , Yerry Mina has been characterized as a central scorer. Nicknamed "The Obelisk", taking advantage of his high stature to predominate in the rival area, becoming a specialist in the actions of set pieces. To be a defender, he already broke scoring records when he was playing in Colombia and even came to lead the table of the Libertadores. With Palmeiras he has managed to score in the Three Derbis Paulistas, with goals against Corinthians, Sao Paulo and Santos.
Actually, Yerry Mina is in good season, with two goals in two games, he is revaluing and surprising in the 2018 World Cup, having scored the only goal between Senegal and Colombia, with which he put Colombia as Group H leaders, in the round of 16 . In addition, he signed the header, on the way out of a corner kick by Quintero. He had already scored in the Poland - Colombia (0-3), also scoring a header.
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