Edwin Aguilar

Not to be confused with Edwin E. Aguilar.

Edwin Enrique Aguilar Samaniego (born 7 August 1985) is a Panamanian professional footballer, who plays as a striker for Tauro.

Edwin Aguilar

Personal information
Full name	Edwin Enrique Aguilar Samaniego
Date of birth	(1985-08-07) 7 August 1985 (age 40)
Place of birth	Panama City, Panama
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position	Striker
Team information
Current team	Tauro
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2010	Tauro	127	(62)
2007	→ Tiburones (loan)	16	(7)
2010	América de Cali	11	(6)
2010	Sporting San Miguelito	14	(7)
2011	Real Cartagena	13	(6)
2012	Tauro	27	(14)
2013–2015	Deportivo Anzoátegui	61	(36)
2015	Tauro	7	(3)
2016	Deportivo Anzoátegui	12	(3)
2016	Tauro	19	(15)
2017	Deportivo La Guaira	21	(5)
2017–2018	Tauro	52	(24)
2019	Real Cartagena	36	(17)
2020–	Tauro	13	(7)
International career
2005–	Panama	31	(7)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 January 2021 (UTC)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Aguilar and the second or maternal family name is Samaniego.

Club career

In August 2008, Aguilar was sent on loan to Ukrainian side Karpaty Lviv for 6 months coasting $80,000. After the loan, Tauro F.C. could sell Edwin for around $500,000.^[1] However, he missed his flight to Ukraine and was sent back to Panama.

He did, however, have spells abroad in Colombia with América de Cali, whom he left in May 2010 after being unpaid for half a year,^[2] and Real Cartagena^[3] as well as in Venezuela. Aguilar became the Venezuelan league's top goalscorer in the 2014/15 season after netting 23 times for Deportivo Anzoátegui.^[4]

Aguilar returned to Tauro in September 2015.^[5]

International career

Aguilar made his debut for Panama in an October 2005 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Trinidad and Tobago and has, as of 15 March 2015, earned a total of 33 caps, scoring 10 goals. He participated in the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship^[6] and was a member of the squad, but did not play, in the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.^[7] Aguilar was also part of the team that won the 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup in Honduras.

International goals

Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.^[8]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	31 January 2007	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama	Trinidad and Tobago	2–1	2–1	Friendly
2.	11 August 2010		Venezuela	3–1	3–1
3.	7 September 2010		Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	3–0
4.	18 December 2010	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Honduras	1–1	1–2
5.	14 January 2011	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama	Belize	2–0	2–0	2011 Copa Centroamericana
6.	18 January 2011		El Salvador	1–0	2–0
7.	4 March 2020	Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Guatemala	2–0	2–0	Friendly

Honours

Panama

• UNCAF Nations Cup: 2009

Club

• Liga Panameña de Fútbol: 2007 (A)

Individual

• Liga Panameña de Fútbol Top Scorer: 2007 (A), 2009 (A)
• CONCACAF League Golden Boot (Shared): 2018