Christian Lara

Christian Lara

Personal information
Full name	Christian Rolando Lara Anangonó
Date of birth	April 27, 1980 (1980-04-27) (age 31)
Place of birth	Quito, Ecuador
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	El Nacional
Number	10
Youth career
1994–1999	El Nacional
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–2005	El Nacional	184	(28)
2006	Al-Wakrah	12	(2)
2007	LDU Quito	44	(17)
2008	Barcelona	41	(4)
2009	Deportivo Pereira	10	(1)
2009–2010	LDU Quito	48	(3)
2011–	El Nacional	5	(1)
National team‡
2002–	Ecuador	28	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 2008

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Lara and the second or maternal family name is Anangonó.

Christian Rolando Lara Anangonó, nicknamed Diablito (born April 27, 1980 in Quito), is an Ecuadorian footballer who is currently plays for El Nacional.

Club career

He spent most of his career with Club Deportivo El Nacional football team in Ecuador. After a spell in Al Wakra in the Qatari League, he returned to his homeland from the Middle East to play for Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito (LDU) and went on to win the Ecuadorian Championship. He was then transferred to another Ecuadorian team in the city of Guayaquil Barcelona SC. In the year 2007 he received the award of being the best player playing in Ecuador's league.[1]

On January 2, he signed for Colombian team Deportivo Pereira. On June 17, 2009 Lara was sign again with Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito.

International career

He is a midfielder. He made his Ecuador national team debut in 2001. Looked on for a long time as one of Ecuador's most promising players, he scored and made an assist against Argentina in the CONMEBOL 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) to lead Ecuador to a 2-0 win over the South American giants. He was in the team's squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Ecuador's second appearance in the finals. At 162 cm, he was considered the shortest player to play in the Germany 06 edition. In his last current played with Ecuador game against El Salvador, he scored the first goal in a 5-1 home win in Quito.

Honors

El Nacional

• Serie A: 2005 Clausura

LDU Quito

• Serie A: 2007, 2010
• Copa Sudamericana: 2009
• Recopa Sudamericana: 2009

References

External links

• Lara's FEF Player Card
• http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7791851119900916666

Persondata
Name	Lara, Christian
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	April 27, 1980
Place of birth	Quito, Ecuador
Date of death
Place of death