by He joined Celtic under Neil Lennon in July 2010 to great fanfare, with a transfer fee of around £3.5 million at the time.
Part of a major subject Summer In rebuilding, he followed on the heels of Charlie Mulgrew, Cha Du-ri, Joe Ledley and Daryl Murphy – and just ahead of the likes of Gary Hooper and Beram Kayal.
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But despite actually scoring in each of his first two Parkhead games, first in a Champions League qualifier against Braga and then in a Europa League qualifier against Utrecht, he never stayed at Parkhead.
He only made 18 appearances in the entire two years before being part of the team again Hometown about a loan period at Zaragoza.
If you haven’t already guessed, this man is former midfielder Efrain Juarez, who became the first Mexican ever to play for both Celtic and Scotland Flight.
That was in the summer of 2020 – but sometimes it’s incredible to imagine how football worked.
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That’s because 14 years later, this former Hoops hero is managing Rangers hero Alfredo Morelos in Colombia, while the former Ibrox sharpshooter tries to get on the right track at Atlético Nacional.
It has certainly been an eventful time for the club, with Morelos and co recently forced to leave their home ground fearing for his safety when machete-wielding fans rushed from the stands during a clash with FC Junior.
While he ended up working with one ranger Hero, Juarez initially became friends with an ex Celtic star in the form of Ronny Deila.
Juarez first worked with Valerenga and became part of Deila’s team at New York FC, then Standard Liège and Club Brugge.
But he took the chance hit plays alone at Atlético Nacional this August.
That was just a month after Alfredo Morelos left his camp after a grim time there Santos where the Brazilian giants were relegated.
And it’s an agreement that appears to be bearing fruit, at least on the pitch – Morelos scored TWO goals for the Medellin-based side against Envigado in midweek, even if there were no fans there to watch.
Atletico Nacional is currently in fourth place in the Colombian top flight, six points behind leaders America de Cali.
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