{{short description|Colombian footballer (born 1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Harold Preciado | image = Harold Preciado.jpg | upright = 1.1 | caption = Preciado with Colombia at the 2016 Summer Olympics | full_name = Harold Fabián Preciado Villarreal | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|6|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Tumaco, Nariño, Colombia | height = 1.85 m<ref>[https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/harold-preciado Harold Preciado] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816174519/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/harold-preciado |date=16 August 2016 }}. rio2016.com</ref> | position = Forward | currentclub = | clubnumber = | years1 = 2013–2016 | clubs1 = Deportivo Cali | caps1 = 80 | goals1 = 41 | years2 = 2014 | clubs2 = → Jaguares de Córdoba (loan) | caps2 = 40 | goals2 = 22 | years3 = 2017–2020 | clubs3 = Shenzhen FC | caps3 = 104 | goals3 = 57 | years4 = 2021 | clubs4 = Deportivo Cali | caps4 = 23 | goals4 = 13 | years5 = 2022–2024 | clubs5 = Santos Laguna | caps5 = 78 | goals5 = 37 | nationalyears1 = 2016 | nationalteam1 = Colombia Olympic | nationalcaps1 = 7 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalyears2 = 2022 | nationalteam2 = Colombia | nationalcaps2 = 2 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | club-update = 07:45, 5 March 2024 (UTC) | nationalteam-update = 30 January 2022 }}
'''Harold Fabián Preciado Villarreal''' ({{IPA|es-419|ˈxaɾol(d) pɾeˈsjaðo|lang}}; born 1 June 1994) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward. Preciado has been suspended for doping violations until 7 March 2027.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/39673441/harold-preciado-suspended-mexico-anti-doping-committee-liga-mx|title=Harold Preciado suspended by Mexico's Anti-Doping Committee|website=ESPN|date=7 March 2024}}</ref>
==Club career== ===Deportivo Cali=== Harold Preciado would start his senior career with top tier club Deportivo Cali in the 2013 Categoría Primera A season. The following season he was loaned out to second tier club Jaguares de Córdoba where he immediately established himself as a vital member of their team, going on to win the division title and promotion with them.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/col2champ.html|title=Colombia - List of Second Division Champions|date=11 July 2019 |website=RSSSF|access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref> This saw Deportivo Cali incorporate Harold back into the team and he would immediately repay them by winning the 2015 Categoría Primera A: Apertura for them.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/col2015.html|title=Torneo Apertura 2015|date=8 April 2020 |website=RSSSF|access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref>
===Shenzhen FC=== On 7 February 2017, Harold joined second tier Chinese football club Shenzhen FC for the start of the 2017 China League One campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/b/2017-02-07/doc-ifyafcyx7284699.shtml|title=哥伦比亚银靴正式加盟深圳 拒多支欧美劲旅后来投|publisher=sports.sina.com.cn|date=7 February 2017 |access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref> In his debut appearance he would score a hat-trick on 12 March 2017 against Dalian Transcendence F.C. in a league game that ended in a 6-0 victory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/match-report/ma8384975/lineup/|title=China » League One 2017 » 1. Round » Shenzhen FC - Dalian Transcendence 6:0|publisher=worldfootball.net|date=17 March 2017 |access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref> At the end of the campaign he would personally be the top goalscorer in the division.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/b/2017-03-11/doc-ifychhuq3963751.shtml|title=2017中甲联赛射手榜|publisher=sports.sina.com.cn|date=11 March 2017 |access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref> The following season he was able to maintain his form and go on to gain promotion with Shenzhen to the top tier at the end of the 2018 China League One campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china2018.html|title=China 2018 > China League One|date=8 October 2020 |website=RSSSF|accessdate=31 January 2021}}</ref>
===Return to Deportivo Cali=== On 10 July 2021, Preciado returned to Deportivo Cali. He made his debut on 17 July in a match against Santa Fe. He finished the tournament as the top scorer with 13 goals, securing Cali's tenth league title.
===Santos Laguna=== On 29 January 2022, Preciado joined Mexican club Santos Laguna.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://santoslaguna.fanalitica.com/news/detail/dante-elizalde-confirm-la-contratacin-de-harold-preciado|title=Dante Elizalde confirma la contratación de Harold Preaciado|publisher=santoslaguna.com |date=29 January 2022 |access-date=1 February 2022}}</ref>
On 6 March 2024, Mexico's Anti-Doping Committee provisionally suspended Preciado for alleged doping.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/39673441/harold-preciado-suspended-mexico-anti-doping-committee-liga-mx|title=Harold Preciado suspended by Mexico's Anti-Doping Committee|website=ESPN|date=7 March 2024}}</ref> Six months later, Santos Laguna terminated the player's contract following the confirmation of his failed drug test. On 7 March 2025, Preciado was issued a three-year ban for doping offenses.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/colombia/deportes/2025/03/07/harold-preciado-fue-duramente-castigado-por-dopaje-en-mexico-no-podra-jugar-futbol-profesional-por-varios-anos/|title=Harold Preciado fue duramente castigado por dopaje en México: no podrá jugar fútbol profesional por varios años|publisher=infobae|date=7 March 2025}}</ref>
==International career== Preciado was named in Colombia's provisional squad for Copa América Centenario but was cut from the final squad.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/587/copa-america/2016/05/04/23144402/falcao-left-out-of-colombias-copa-america-squad|title=Falcao left out of Colombia's Copa America squad|publisher=goal.com |date=4 May 2016 |access-date=11 July 2016}}</ref> Preciado played a vital role in Colombia's qualification to the Olympics and played every game in the Rio olympics.
Preciado made his debut for the senior national team on 16 January 2022 in a 2–1 home win over Honduras.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/01/16/world/friendlies/colombia/honduras/3707260/ |title=Colombia vs. Honduras |website=Soccerway.com |date=21 January 2022}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|match played 1 March 2024|<ref>{{cite web |title=H. Preciado - Career statistics |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/294419}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="4"|Deportivo Cali |2013 |Categoría Primera A |6||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||6||0 |- |2015 |Categoría Primera A |46||28||6||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||52||28 |- |2016 |Categoría Primera A |28||13||0||0||3||0||0||0||31||13 |- !colspan="2"|Total !80!!41!!6!!0!!3!!0!!0!!0!!89!!41 |- |Jaguares de Córdoba (loan) |2014 |Categoría Primera B |40||22||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||40||22 |- |rowspan="5"|Shenzhen FC |2017 |China League One |29||23||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||23 |- |2018 |China League One |30||24||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||30||24 |- |2019 |Chinese Super League |25||5||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||25||5 |- |2020 |Chinese Super League |20||5||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||21||5 |- !colspan="2"|Total !104!!57!!1!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!105!!57 |- |Deportivo Cali |2021 |Categoría Primera A |23||13||4||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||27||13 |- |rowspan="4"|Santos Laguna |2021–22 |Liga MX |14||6||colspan="2"|—||2||0||colspan="2"|—||16||6 |- |2022–23 |Liga MX |39||15||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||2||3||41||18 |- |2023–24 |Liga MX |25||16||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0||25||16 |- !colspan="2"|Total !78!!37!!colspan="2"|—!!2!!0!!2!!3!!82!!40 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !325!!170!!11!!0!!5!!0!!2!!3!!343!!173 |}
== Honours == '''Deportivo Cali''' *Categoría Primera A: 2015–I, 2021–II
'''Jaguares de Córdoba''' *Categoría Primera B: 2014
'''Individual''' *China League One Golden Boot: 2017 *Liga MX Golden Boot: Apertura 2023
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category|Harold Preciado}} * {{soccerway|294419}}
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