Joaquín Botero

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Personal information
Joaquín Botero
Full name	Joaquín Botero Vaca
Date of birth	December 10, 1977 (1977-12-10) (age 30)
Place of birth	La Paz, Bolivia
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Bolívar
Number	9
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997 1998 1999-2003 2003-2006 2006 2007 2008-	Mariscal Braun Deportivo Municipal Bolívar Pumas San Lorenzo de Almagro Deportivo Táchira Bolívar	22 (18) 24 (18) 156 (108) 72 (14) 2 (0) 5 (0) 6 (4)
National team²
1999-present	Bolivia	38 (12)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 19, 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 10 April 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Joaquín Botero Vaca (born December 10, 1977 in La Paz, Bolivia) is a Bolivian striker, who was the top goalscorer in world football in the 2002 season with 49 goals for Club Bolívar.^[1] He has been a regular player for the Bolivia national team since 1999.^[2]

After scoring 133 goals for Bolívar and becoming their 2nd highest goalscorer of all time^[3] he left the club to play abroad.

Botero's first foreign club was Mexican side Pumas. In his first season with Pumas, the 2003 Apertura, Botero scored 3 goals in 17 games. After scoring another 3 in 9 games in the 2004 Clausura, Botero broke out in the 2004 Apertura, registering 11 goals in 19 games.

In 2006 he joined Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro of the Primera División de Argentina and in 2007 he played for Deportivo Tachira of Venezuela. He returned to Bolívar in 2008.