Alexander Bolaños

Not to be confused with Álex Bolaños.

Alexander Bolaños (real name: Jancer Romario Bolaños Cassiera;^[1] born 1994) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a forward for Independiente del Valle in the Liga PRO Ecuador.^[2]

Alexander Bolaños

Personal information
Place of birth	Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Independiente del Valle
Youth career
0000–2015	Canteras del Jubones
2015	Anaconda FC
2016–2018	Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2019	Colo-Colo	2	(0)
2019–2021	Águilas	1	(0)
2020	→ Barcelona SC (loan)	12	(0)
2022	Deportes Concepción	6	(2)
2023	Técnico Universitario	1	(0)
2024–	Independiente del Valle	0	(0)
International career‡
2019	Ecuador U20	4	(0)
2020–	Ecuador U23	2	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15:37, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

On 19 July 2024, the Ecuadorian Football Federation discovered that he falsified his identity and pretended to be his brother Alexander Bolaños Casierra. As a result, Jancer Bolaños (who is 30 years old instead of the originally claimed 24) was punished with a three-year suspension from football.^[3]

Personal life

He is the cousin of Ecuadorian international footballers Miller Bolaños and Álex Bolaños.^[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of 23 December 2018.^[5]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Colo-Colo	2018	Chilean Primera División	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Career total			2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Notes