Cléber Chalá

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Personal information
Cléber Chalá
Full name	Cléber Manuel Chalá
Date of birth	June 29, 1971 (1971-06-29) (age 38)
Place of birth	Imbabura, Ecuador
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	retired
Senior career¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2004 2004 2005-2008	El Nacional Southampton El Nacional Deportivo Quito Universidad San Martín El Nacional	359 (77) 0 (0) 45 (16) 28 (7) 15 (2) 60 (9)
National team²
1992–2004	Ecuador	86 (6)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 1, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of April 5, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Cléber Manuel Chalá (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]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

(Spanish) Copa America 2004 profile

Cléber Chalá international tournaments

v • d • e 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: Drašković

v • d • e Ecuador 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: Maturana

v • d • e Ecuador 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: Gómez

v • d • e 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 • 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. Gómez

v • d • e Ecuador squad – 2004 Copa América

1 J. Espinoza • 2 Guagua • 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