 He debuted as a professional player in the Junior from Barranquilla, on 23 October 1988 in a match against Independiente Santa Fe played in Bogotá, in which he scored a goal.Since then, there would be the beginning of a long history of goals that covered two decades – he was the top goal scorer for Junior six times.In 1991, only being 19 years old, he scored 30 goals, winning his first Golden Boot award.