Luis Checa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Armando Checa Villamar | ||
| Date of birth | December 21, 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Ecuador | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Center Back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Barcelona | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2005 | El Nacional | 104 | (4) |
| 2006 | Deportivo Quito | 44 | (3) |
| 2007 | → El Nacional (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Aucas (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2008–2013 | Deportivo Quito | 223 | (14) |
| 2014- | Barcelona | 21 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008– | Ecuador | 8 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 August 2014. | |||
Luis Armando Checa Villamar (born December 21, 1983) is an Ecuadorian footballer currently playing for Barcelona of the Ecuador Serie A.
Club career
Luis started out at Deportivo Quito where he had a first good season. He had 27 appearances to start out with and attracted last season's champions El Nacional.
In 2007, Luis was awarded a move to Nacional by his impressive defending performances. However, he only had two appearances and former Nacional coach, Ever Hugo Almeida, was not interested in keeping him with the Quito giants. He finished the year playing on loan for Aucas. In 2008 he went back to Deportivo Quito and is still there currently. On December 2008, he helped Deportivo Quito win their third title in history.
Copa Sudamericana 2008
Luis helped Dep. Quito qualify for the Copa Sudamericana 2008. He made four appearances and was an important player for Sevilla's team. His team went on to eliminate Universitario de Deportes of Peru in a 2-1 aggregate win. Deportivo Quito then had to play Mexico's San Luis. Unfortuneatly, Deportivo Quito was eliminated from the tournament in a 5-4 aggregate loss. He scored one of the goals for Deportivo Quito.[1]
International career
Luis has been called up to a friendly against Mexico on November 12, 2008. He is expected to be in the starting line-up for Ecuador.[2] He was recently called up to play a quadrangular friendly tournament in Oman.[3]
References
- ↑ http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/commentary?id=251635&league=CONMEBOL.SUDAMERICANA&cc=5901
- ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/114/mexico/2008/11/12/961170/international-friendly-preview-mexico-vs-ecuador
- ↑ http://www.ecuafutbol.org/UI/detalle.aspx?seccion=1&categserie=11&nivel=0&subnivel=0&id=12958
External links
- Luis Checa at National-Football-Teams.com
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