Christian Camilo Marrugo RodrÃÂguez (born 18 July 1985), is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Real Cartagena.
When he was 15 years old, he traveled from Cartagena and joined Deportivo Cali's youth ranks, before making his debut with Atlético Nacional in the 2002 Finalizacion. In the 2005 Apertura he won his first title as a professional after Nacional beat Independiente Santa Fe in the finals. In 2006, he joined Santa Fe.
Marrugo joined Deportes Tolima in 2008. He was part of the squad that finished runner-up to Once Caldas in 2010 Finalizacion. On 27 February 2011, he provided two assists in a 3âÂÂ2 away victory to Cucuta. On 3 April 2011, he scored once and had three assists in a 7âÂÂ4 victory away to Atlético Huila. On 7 May 2011, he scored in a historic 5âÂÂ0 home victory against his former club Atletico Nacional. On 26 May 2011, he scored in a 3âÂÂ1 victory against Cúcuta Deportivo in the playoffs quarter-finals. On 28 October 2012, Marrugo scored twice in five minutes to give Tolima the three points in a victory against Deportes QuindÃÂo.
In November 2012, after more than 200 games for Tolima, he has his first experience outside Colombia and joined Mexico's Pachuca. The following year, he was loaned out to Veracruz. In the beginning of 2014, Deportivo Cali acquired Marrugo to enforce the midfield for the Copa Libertadores and 2014 Apertura.
For the second semester of 2014, he was signed by Independiente MedellÃÂn. In the first matchday, he scored the only goal of the match in El Clasico Paisa. In his first season, he scored 3 goals and provided 11 assists in 22 appearances, helping the club finish runner-up to Santa Fe; the same occurred in the 2015 Apertura, this time against Deportivo Cali. In 2016, he helped Independiente MedellÃÂn win their sixth league championship, scoring a brace in the final against Junior.
In the 2016 Clausura, he scored 7 goals. 2 of those came against Boyaca Chico on 6 November 2016; with Medellin losing 2âÂÂ1 at the 80th minute, Marrugo scored twice to give El Poderoso the 3âÂÂ2 lead. On 28 May 2017, he scored in a 4-3 clásico paisa victory.
On 21 July 2017, Marrugo joined Mexico's Puebla.
In June 2018 he joined Millonarios. On 14 April 2019, Marrugo scored twice and provided an assist in a 3âÂÂ1 away victory against Patriotas Boyaca.
In 2020 he joined Rionegro Aguilas. In the 2021 Finalizacion he scored 4 goals and provided 9 assists.
In 2024 he joined Real Cartagena of the CategorÃÂa Primera B.
He played with the Colombia national u-20 team at the 2005 South American Youth Championship, which Colombia hosted and won. He then competed at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands, helping Colombia to the Round of 16 before losing to eventual champion Argentina.
In 2008 he made his debut with the Colombia national team.
Marrugo and his family have strong sports habits, his brother Camilo Marrugo has also played a couple of professional games in the Colombian league with Real Cartagena and Cúcuta Deportivo.
Atlético Nacional
Deportivo Cali
Independiente MedellÃÂn