Luis Enrique Delgado

Luis Enrique Delgado Mantilla (born October 26, 1980) is a former Colombian football goalkeeper.

Career Delgado spent his youth career at Atlético Bucaramanga. In 2001, he played in Primera B with Escuela Carlos Sarmiento Lora. From 2002 to 2004 he played with Alianza Petrolera in the second division. In 2005 and 2006, he rejoined his boyhood club Atletico Bucaramanga in the top division, but only made 8 appearances across two seasons.

Real Cartagena He joined Real Cartagena in 2008, at the time playing in the Categoría Primera B. At the end of the season, Cartagena were promoted to the 2009 Categoría Primera A. He showed good performances during the 2009 season, helping his club advance to the playoffs in the 2009 Finalizacion, which caught the attention of other big Colombian clubs.

Millonarios In early 2010, Delgado was signed by Millonarios to be the backup goalkeeper to Juan Obelar, but after Obelar's poor performances, he was named as the starting goalkeeper and quickly became a fan favorite.

With the arrival of Nelson Ramos in 2011, Delgado was relegated to backup goalkeeper for the 2012 Apertura, and he played mainly in the 2012 Copa Colombia. In the second tournament of the year, after Nelson Ramos suffered an achilles tendon rupture, Delgado was a starter again, participating in the league as well as the Copa Sudamericana and showing good performances.

During the same period, his wife Tatiana was diagnosed with breast cancer, so the keeper decided to shave his head to support women with cancer.

On 16 December 2012, he won the 2012 Finalizacion league title with Millonarios, beating DIM in a final that was decided on penalties. Delgado scored his club's last penalty and then saved youngster Andrés Correa's penalty that ultimately would give Millonarios their 14th league title.

By the end of 2014, he was widely criticized for errors in games, and so for the 2015 season he lost the number one position with Nicolas Vikonis, playing only in the Copa Colombia.

In July 2015, he joined Cúcuta Deportivo for the 2015 Finalizacion. He returned to Real Cartagena for the 2016 Apertura.

In 2019, he joined Águilas Doradas. On 21 April 2019, he scored a free kick in the last minute to give his club a 2–1 victory over Atletico Nacional.

In 2020, he joined Deportivo Pasto, and this would ultimately be his last club as a professional, announcing his retirement shortly at the conclusion of the 2020 season. Career statistics + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsEscuela Carlos Sarmiento Lora2001Primera B10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 Alianza Petrolera2002Primera B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2003Primera B ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?2004Primera B? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Total 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 Atlético Bucaramanga2005Primera A 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2006Primera A 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 Total 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 Real Santander 2007 Primera B 25 0 – 25 0Alianza Petrolera 2008 Primera B 9 0 – 9 0 Real Cartagena 2008 Primera B 27 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 2009 Primera A 25 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 26 0Total 52 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 55 0 Millonarios 2010 Primera A 19 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 2011 7 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 2012 19 1 10 0 6 0 0 0 35 1 2013 36 0 10 0 5 0 0 0 51 0 2014 26 3 6 0 2 0 0 0 34 0 2015 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 0