Edwin Villafuerte

Edwin Villafuerte

Personal information
Full name	Edwin Alberto Villafuerte Posligua
Date of birth	(1979-03-12) March 12, 1979
Place of birth	Guayaquil, Ecuador
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Técnico Universitario
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–2007	Barcelona	93	(?)
2006	→ Deportivo Quito (loan)	17	(?)
2008	Olmedo	?	(?)
2009	Técnico Universitario
National team‡
2004–	Ecuador	16	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 6, 2008. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 6, 2008

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

Edwin Alberto Villafuerte Posligua (born 12 March 1979) is an Ecuadorian goalkeeper who currently plays for Centro Deportivo Olmedo.

Once dubbed ‘Ecuador’s New Hands’, goalkeeper Villafuerte found it difficult to sustain a first team spot at Barcelona SC behind Jose Cevallos. In order to get more regular football, he moved to Deportivo Quito in January 2006.

As a youngster, he was included in Ecuador’s squad for the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship. In that tournament he kept clean sheets against the United States and Japan.

With Villafuerte in goal, Ecuador beat Brazil and Argentina at home in their 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, keeping clean sheets on both occasions.

He has 15 international caps as of June 15, 2006. Since the 2006 FIFA World Cup, it appeared coach Luis Fernando Suarez had completely discarded Villafuerte. However, he was called up for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers against Paraguay and Peru, the latter of which he made an appearance against.

References

• Edwin Villafuerte at National-Football-Teams.com