Miller Bolaños

Miller Alejandro Bolaños Reasco (born 1 June 1990) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a striker for Ecuadorian Serie A club Emelec.

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 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Striker/Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Emelec
Number 23
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)
2017–2020 Tijuana 90 (20)
2020–2022 Shanghai Shenhua 11 (3)
2021 → Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic (loan) 12 (2)
2023– Emelec 0 (0)
International career‡
2007 Ecuador U17
2015–2018 Ecuador 25 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2018
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bolaños and the second or maternal family name is Reasco.

Club career

LDU Quito

Bolaños was born in Esmeraldas, and 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 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]

Career statistics

Club
As of 31 December 2022
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Barcelona SC 2006 Serie A 70–00–70
2007 Serie A 153–00–153
2008 Serie A 151–00–151
Total 374000000374
LDU Quito 2009 Serie A 356–71–427
2010 Serie A 249–71–3110
2011 Serie A 213–91–304
Total 8018002330010321
Chivas USA 2012 MLS 2431000–253
2013 MLS 501100–60
Total 293200000313
Emelec 2013 Serie A 60–31–91
2014 Serie A 3619–125–4824
2015 Serie A 3425–1411–4836
Total 76440029170010561
Grêmio 2016 Série A 183323141287
2017 Série A 200031137188
Total 20332621784615
Tijuana 2017–18 Liga MX 2891040–339
2018–19 Liga MX 3299110–4210
2019–20 Liga MX 2617110–342
2020–21 Liga MX 41–––41
Total 9020172500011322
Shanghai Shenhua 2020 Chinese Super League 430000–43
2022 Chinese Super League 7000––70
Total 113000000113
Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic (loan) 2021 Chinese Super League 12200––122
Career total 375972246322178477131

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

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.

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-Zimmermann. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
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