John Charria He grew up in Candelaria, a municipality in Valle del Cauca, and began his career in the America by Cali. Later he played several seasons with Deportivo Pasto and in 2002 he was signed by Tolima. ‘El Mago’ was an offensive midfielder and one of his main qualities was his medium and long-distance punch. Charria had no problem taking free kicks or corner kicks with the left or right leg.
With Tolima he was champion in 2003-II and little by little he became one of the top players of the team. In the 2006 Final he was the top scorer in the championship with 11 goals. On the other hand, in mid-2008 he left Ohscar Quintabani of Atlético Nacional after being two-time champion in 2007. His replacement would be Gabriel ‘Barabbas’ Gomez and they brought him good players like: Jairo Palomino, Giovanni Moreno, John Charria and Carlos Rentería.
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Atlético Nacional disbursed 1,500 million pesos for Charria and it was the call to lead the team on the field. The ‘purslane’ ranked third in the ‘all against all’, but in the semifinal home run was last. Charria did not score a single goal in the semester. Luis Fernando Suárez returned to the Antioquia club and they hoped to be protagonists again fighting for the title. Nevertheless, the coach did not take Charria into account.
The start was catastrophic for Nacional lose their first 5 games. La Equidad, América, Junior, Quindío and Tolima were the executioners. One of the first decisions was to remove from the campus Leo Darius Muñoz, David Córdoba and John Charria on February 27.
“The players understood the situation, they know that there is a crisis and that decisions had to be made, the team’s coach agreed with the determinations and the Committee will continue to evaluate game after game,” said Víctor Marulanda, president of the team.
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The players did not see a good attitude in training. John Charria had barely played 843 minutes with the team in two championships. The leaders asked Marulanda to change their decision: “All united we ask for the reinstatement of the companions”, declared Aldo Leao Ramírez. This was of no use and the players continued to train apart.
One month after the suspension, the players filed a complaint to the Ministry of Social Protection Due to workplace harassment, a conciliation meeting was held and they had to be allowed to train in the first team again. Nacional did not raise its head and at the end of April Suarez resigned. Charria had his departure sentenced and once the championship was over he they ceded to Pereira. He also wore the shirts of Cali, Boyacá Chicó and Bucaramanga, although he never became even the shadow of what he was in Tolima.
