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Diego Calderón Personal information Full name Diego Armando Calderón Espinoza Date of birth October 26, 1986 Place of birth Quito, Ecuador Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Playing position Left Back / Centre back Club information Current club LDU Quito Number 14 Youth career 2003–2005 LDU Quito Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2005– LDU Quito 129 (4) 2006 → Deportivo Azogues (loan) 13 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 12, 2010.
† Appearances (Goals).This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Calderón and the second or maternal family name is Espinoza.Diego Armando Calderón Espinoza (born October 26, 1986 in Quito) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for LDU Quito. He was part of the squad who won the 2008 Copa Libertadores.
Club career
Calderón participated in LDU Quito's campaign in the Copa Libertadores 2008. He made great defensive displays against many of Liga's opponents. However, he sustained an injury during the Round of 16 and was replaced by Renán Calle for the rest of the tournament. His team became the first Ecuadorian team to win the Copa Libertadores.
Calderón again became a regular starter during Liga's campaign in the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup. He played both games against Pachuca and Manchester United. Although Liga was able to defeat Pachuca 2-0 in the semifinals, they lost the final to Manchester United, 1-0. He and the rest of his team had a good, solid performance throughout the tournament.
Honors
- Serie A: 2005 Apertura, 2007, 2010
- Copa Libertadores: 2008
- Copa Sudamericana: 2009
- Recopa Sudamericana: 2009, 2010
- Serie B: 2006 E1
External links
- Play card on FEF's website (Spanish)
Ecuador squad – 2011 Copa América 1 Elizaga • 2 G. Caicedo • 3 Erazo • 4 Checa • 5 Minda • 6 Noboa • 7 Arroyo • 8 Méndez • 9 F. Caicedo • 10 Ayoví (c) • 11 Benítez • 12 Banguera • 13 Reasco • 14 Castillo • 15 Quiroz • 16 Valencia • 17 Montaño • 18 Nazareno • 19 Araujo • 20 Calderón • 21 Achilier • 22 Domínguez • 23 Mina • Coach: RuedaLiga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito – current squad 2 N. Araujo · 3 Caicedo · 4 de la Cruz · 5 Ambrosi · 6 Guagua · 7 M. Bolaños · 8 Urrutia · 9 W. Calderón · 10 L. Bolaños · 11 González · 13 Reasco · 14 D. Calderón · 15 W. Araujo · 16 Barcos · 17 Gámez · 18 Hidalgo · 19 Bieler · 20 Vera · 21 Acosta · 22 Domínguez · 23 Moreira · 24 Valencia · 25 Viteri · 26 Corozo · 50 R. Calderón · 51 Ledesma · 52 Pavón · 54 Ganchozo · 55 Cevallos, Jr. · Gutiérrez · Rojas · Manager: BauzaCategories:- Ecuadorian footballers
- 1986 births
- Living people
- People from Quito
- LDU Quito footballers
- Ecuadorian people of Black African descent
- 2011 Copa América players
- Ecuadorian football biography stubs
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