The 30-year-old footballer previously played for Atlético Nacional, Academia, Santa Fe, Atlético Huila and, Independiente Medellín.
Bocanegra is the member of the Atletico Nacional that won Categoría Primera A (2013-I), (2013-II), (2014-I), (2015-ll), Copa Colombia in 2013, 2016, Superliga Colombiana 2016, Copa Libertadores (2016), and Recopa Sudamericana in 2017.
Daniel Bocanegra was born as Daniel Eduardo Bocanegra Ortiz on April 23, 1987 in Purificacion, Colombia. Regarding his nationality, he is a Colombian.
Bocanegra's current market value is estimated at €1.20 million as of March 7, 2018. As of 2018, he has an impressive salary of above $900,000, he gets from his current club, Atlético Nacional. His net worth can be expected to be about $1 million at current.
In 2006, Daniel Bocanegra began his career as a member of the team, Academia. He also included a professional Colombian football team, Independiente Santa Fe in 2009 with whom he won the Copa Colombia.
On January 1, 2010, Bocanegra moved to Atletico Huila and sent on loan to Academia FC for 2011 season.
Later, Bocanegra was transferred to Independiente Medellin while his market value was €450,000 on July 1, 2012. Before leaving the club, he played 39 games.
On July 1, 2013, Bocanegra was signed by Atlético Nacional. He has so far scored 11 goals in 72 appearances.
On November 8, 2014, Bocanegra made his international debut with the Colombian national team under the coach Jose Nestor Pekerman in an international friendly against Slovenia.
Daniel Bocanegra has been capped 4 times for his national team. He is supported by Farid Díaz, Pablo Armero, Yerry Mina in defensive line during the international games.
Bocanegra is a married man but he hasn’t mentioned his wife publicly. He is not even active on Social networking sites.
According to some online sources, he exchanged his vows with his wife in 2017, however, he hasn’t revealed the information about his marriage ceremony officially. He stands at 1.82m i.e.5 feet 9 inch and weight is 76 kg.
