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Diego Chará

Diego Chará, Colombian footballer

Born
April 5, 1986
Age in 2026
40
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1986

About Diego Chará

Diego Ferney Chará Zamora (born 5 April 1986) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder and captains Major League Soccer club Portland Timbers. == Club career == Chará began his career in the youth ranks of Deportes Quindío. In 2004, he moved up to the senior side and became an important player for Quindío. The talented midfielder made 124 league appearances and scored two goals while with Quindío. As a result of his play, he began to draw the attention of the top clubs in Colombia and in 2009 joined América de Cali. In one year with the club, Chará made 31 league appearances and scored one goal. The following season, he joined Deportes Tolima and was a key player in his club's run to the quarter-finals of the 2010 Copa Sudamericana. The following season, he helped Tolima qualify to the 2011 Copa Libertadores. During the 2011 Copa Libertadores Chará appeared in seven games, and provided an assist in a 2–0 win over Brazilian power Corinthians in the early stages of the tournament. As a result of his play during the Copa Libertadores run, Chará started to receive interest from Major League Soccer side Portland Timbers.

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Career and life highlights

Diego Chará timeline

  1. In April 2011, Chará signed with Portland and became the club's first ever Designated Player.
  2. Chará became the second Major League Soccer player to record more than 30,000 minutes for a single club on 19 March 2023, during a 5–1 loss to Atlanta United.

The world when Diego Chará was born

Diego Chará was born in 1986. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1986

  • #1 song"That's What Friends Are For" – Dionne Warwick & Friends
  • Top moviePlatoon
  • Top TV showThe Cosby Show
  • Best-selling bookIt – Stephen King

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentMaradona's "Hand of God" goal at the World Cup
  • Top headlineSpace Shuttle Challenger disaster
  • Technology milestoneChernobyl nuclear disaster in Soviet Ukraine
  • Defining fadTop Gun aviator sunglasses
  • Notable inventionDisposable camera
  • World population4.94 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderRonald Reagan
  • Sports championNew York Mets (World Series)
  • Also wonBoston Celtics (NBA)
  • U.S. population240.1M

1986 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Diego Chará's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19862026
Gas$0.93$3.45/gal
Average home$80,300$435,000
Average income$29,458$67,500
Minimum wage$3.35$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$3.71$11.95
Postage stamp$0.22$0.73
Population240.1M341 million

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