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Cléber Chalá Personal information Full name Cléber Manuel Chalá Herrón Date of birth June 29, 1971 Place of birth Imbabura, Ecuador Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club retired Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1990–2001 El Nacional 359 (77) 2001–2002 Southampton 0 (0) 2002–2003 El Nacional 45 (16) 2004 Deportivo Quito 28 (7) 2004 Universidad San Martín 15 (2) 2005–2008 El Nacional 60 (9) National team‡ 1992–2004 Ecuador 86 (6) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 1, 2008.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of April 5, 2008Cléber Manuel Chalá Herrón (born June 29, 1971 in Imbabura) is an Ecuadorian football midfielder who played 86 games for the Ecuador national team between 1992 and 2004.[1]
Chalá played for Ecuador at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and at the Copa América in 1993,[2] 1997[3] and 2001[4]
At club level he has played mostly for Nacional Quito where he has made over 450 appearances and participated in 4 Ecuadorian league championship winning campaigns (1992, 1996, 2005A & 2006).
He has also played club football for Deportivo Quito and Universidad San Martín de Porres in Peru. He also had a spell in England with Southampton F.C. but never played in the first team.[5] He was signed along with fellow countryman Agustin Delgado, but neither made an impact in English football
References
External links
- (Spanish) Copa America 2004 profile
Cléber Chalá international tournaments Ecuador squad – 1993 Copa América 1 Espinoza • 2 Montanero • 3 Quiñónez • 4 B. Tenorio • 5 Carabalí • 6 Capurro • 7 Muñoz • 8 Carcelén • 9 E. Hurtado • 10 Aguinaga • 11 Fernández • 12 Mendoza • 13 M. Tenório • 14 Avilés • 15 Gavica • 16 Chalá • 17 Zambrano • 18 Coronel • 19 Cherrez • 20 I. Hurtado • 21 Guerrero • Coach: DraškovićEcuador squad – 1997 Copa América 1 J. Cevallos • 2 Constante • 3 de la Cruz • 4 Méndez • 5 Tenorio • 6 Capurro • 7 Sánchez • 8 Carabalí • 9 Hurtado • 10 Gavica • 11 Fernández • 12 Ibarra • 13 Delgado • 14 Montaño • 15 Rosero • 16 Smith • 17 Burbano • 18 Maldonado • 19 Chalá • 20 Graziani • 21 González • 22 A. Cevallos • Coach: MaturanaEcuador squad – 2001 Copa América 1 J. Cevallos • 2 Porozo • 3 Hurtado • 4 de la Cruz • 5 Burbano • 6 Guerrón • 7 J. Aguinaga • 8 Ordóñez • 9 Borja • 10 A. Aguinaga • 11 Delgado • 12 Ibarra • 13 Fernández • 14 W. Ayoví • 15 M. Ayoví • 16 Chalá • 17 Espinoza • 18 Obregón • 19 Méndez • 20 Tenorio • 21 Sánchez • 22 Guagua • Coach: GómezEcuador squad – 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup Ecuador squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Cevallos • 2 Porozo • 3 Hurtado • 4 de la Cruz • 5 Obregón • 6 Guerrón • 7 Asencio • 8 L. Gómez • 9 Kaviedes • 10 Aguinaga (c) • 11 Delgado • 12 Ibarra • 13 Fernández • 14 Burbano • 15 M. Ayoví • 16 Chalá • 17 Espinoza • 18 C. Tenorio • 19 Méndez • 20 E. Tenorio • 21 Sánchez • 22 Viteri • 23 W. Ayoví • Coach: H. GómezGuagua • 3 Hurtado • 4 de la Cruz • 5 Obregón • 6 Ambrosi • 7 Salas • 8 Ordóñez • 9 Figueroa • 10 Aguinaga • 11 Delgado • 12 Ibarra • 13 Saritama • 14 Baldeón • 15 Ayoví • 16 Chalá • 17 G. Espinoza • 18 Reasco • 19 Méndez • 20 E. Tenorio • 21 Soledispa • 22 Lanza • Coach: Gómez
• 2Categories:- 1971 births
- Living people
- Ecuadorian footballers
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- 1997 Copa América players
- 2001 Copa América players
- 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- 2004 Copa América players
- El Nacional footballers
- Deportivo Quito footballers
- Universidad San Martín footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Peru
- Southampton F.C. players
- Ecuadorian people of Black African descent
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