Career
LDU Quito
Bolaños began his career in the youth ranks of Caribe Junior. In 2006 he joined Barcelona South Carolina and made his professional debut the same year. In 2009 the promising forward was transferred to LDU Quito.
= Loan to Chivas United States of America On January 11, 2012 it was announced that Bolaños would be joining Chivas United States of America in Major League Soccer, accompanying compatriot Oswaldo Minda.
On July 18, he scored his first Master of Library Science goal against the Portland Timbers at The Home Depot Center, finishing a Ryan Smith pass for the only goal of the game in the 16th minute. = Loan to Emelec Miler joined Emelec by loan on the summer of 2013.
This was a play on words of Spag-Bol, the Italian pasta dish. Grêmio
On February 7, 2016, it was confirmed that Miler would play for Grêmio.
Bolaños represented Ecuador at various youth levels.
He participated in the 2007 South American Under-17 Football Championship, helping Ecuador to a 5–4 victory over Brazil. Bolaños made his debut for Ecuador on March 28, 2015 in a match against Mexico, playing all 90 minutes of the game. Three days later he went on to score his first goal, equalising in a 2–1 friendly loss to Argentina in New Jersey.
Bolaños was selected for the 2015 Copa América in Chile, his first major international tournament.
In the opening game against the hosts at the Estadio Nacional, he fouled Arturo Vidal, who consequently scored the first goal of the tournament from the penalty spot as his team defeated Ecuador 2–0. In the second match, he scored from outside the penalty area, albeit in a 2–3 defeat against Bolivia.
International goals
Score and Result list Ecuador"s goal tally first.