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In the last two dates, against Caldas and Águilas, there was a youth in Nacional who surprised with his personality and who left a pleasant impression on the fans. This is Agustín Cano, a 22-year-old young man whom the Purslane club has seen grow.
He is a left-handed midfielder, raised in the municipality of La Estrella. There he played at Escuela La Estrella until he was 11 years old and in 2013 he moved to the National youth team.
He was already part of the Colombia U-20 National Team that was preparing to compete in the U-21 South American Championship that took place in Colombia.
His family is made up of his mother, Lina María, and his father Álvaro. He is an only child. At his young age, he has had to live alone in La Estrella, since his father was transferred from the city for work reasons and that has filled him with maturity. He is an admirer of the game of Belgian midfielder Kevin De Bruyne.
He also played for the Antioquia National Team, where he played up to number 9 and was national champion in 2018 and 2019. In addition, when he was younger he also played as a winger, but he says he feels more comfortable playing as an interior midfielder. .
Added to this is that, in addition to football, he wants to cultivate his knowledge and alternate his career with language studies.
Since he arrived at the green institution, at the age of 12, he had the great dream of professionalism. With that conviction he stood out in the minor divisions and rose.
His approach to the professional team came with the help of coach Juan Carlos Osorio, who in 2019 trained for a week with the under-20 category. However, in 2020 he only played one game. In 2021 he also played another match with the purslane shirt before being loaned to Valledupar, where he was coached by coach Jhon Bodmer and then Felipe Merino, who were able to see his quality.
“He is a boy who has been growing, with genius and very good technique. I shared with him again in the National under-20 team. From his personal side I can say that he is a calm boy, he lets himself go, although at times he became desperate to play with the professional team. He responded well to me in Valledupar and Nacional. He is a player who thinks, knows how to position himself, handles both profiles and plays short and long, but his greatest wealth is reading the game and making decisions. He has greatly improved the athletic part and the recovery,” said coach Merino.
After Valledupar, Agustín was loaned to a team in the second division of Argentine soccer. Argentine Quilmes. That first experience in international football also made him grow as a person and footballer.
So he returned to the country and coach Jhon Bodmer, aware of his abilities, wanted to leave him in the team and after giving him the opportunity in the last games, the young player has not disappointed him.
In his free time he takes the opportunity to visit his relatives, who are in the Belén Rincón neighborhood.
In Nacional’s last home game, against Once Caldas, Agustín made 31 passes with an accuracy of 94% and won 7 individual duels. He defines himself as a midfielder who steps in both areas, with good passing, technique and good positioning.
While in the last game, against Águilas, he was possibly not going to start, but a virus took out Dorlan Pabón at the last minute of the game and Agustín reappeared in the starting eleven. He was the best player in the green in the first half, managing the team’s rhythms, going deeper with the wingers and collaborating on the scoreboard.
Coach Bodmer decided to replace him for the complementary stage, but the fans saw his quality again and on social networks they have begun to shower him with praise.
He takes those applauses with his feet on the ground, because he knows that in football one day you are up and the next down, but what he does not negotiate is his commitment to the team and, before fulfilling his dream, which is to play a day in Europe, he wants to achieve many things with Atlético Nacional. For now, it must be said that Agustín is on the right track and convinces with his football.
2024-02-06 22:07:30
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