Manta Fútbol Club

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Manta
Manta FC logo.png
Full name Manta Fútbol Club
Nickname(s) Celestes (Sky blues)
Pesqueros (Fishermen)
Atuneros (Tuna fishermen)
Founded July 27, 1998
Ground Estadio Jocay
Manta, Ecuador
(Capacity: 20,000)
Chairman Ecuador Jaime Estrada Medranda
Manager Argentina Fabián Bustos
League Serie A
2008 Serie B, 1st (promoted)
Home colours
Away colours

Manta Fútbol Club is a football club based in Manta, Ecuador. They are the current winner of the Serie B and have gained promotion to the Serie A, Ecuador's top-level of professional football, for the 2009 season. Their rival club is LDU Portoviejo.

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[edit] Achievements

[edit] National

Winner (1): 2008
Runner-up (2): 2002, 2005-A

[edit] Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Colombia GK Rolando Ramírez
2 Ecuador DF Elio Roberto Lastra
3 Ecuador DF Alberto Arboleda
4 Argentina DF Pablo Andrés Saucedo
5 Ecuador DF Darwin Bailón
6 Ecuador MF Diego Armando Macías
7 Ecuador MF Klever Andrés Andrade
8 Ecuador MF Leorvelis Mina
10 Ecuador MF Eder Vicente Palacios
11 Ecuador FW Jaime Javier Ayoví
12 Ecuador GK Mario Raúl Lozano
13 Ecuador MF John Jairo Angulo
14 Argentina MF Agustin Goñi
15 Ecuador DF Jhonny Patricio Arteaga
No. Position Player
16 Ecuador MF Efren Alexander Mera
17 Ecuador FW Cristian Cobeña
18 Ecuador FW Jesús Cristobal Alcívar
19 Ecuador FW David Modesto Valencia
20 Ecuador FW Richard Luis Mercado
21 Ecuador FW José Roberto Mera
24 Ecuador MF José Marcelo Zambrano
25 Ecuador DF Carlos Banderly Garcés
32 Argentina FW Carlos Castilla
Ecuador DF Luis Suárez
Ecuador DF Andre Skiadas
Uruguay DF Nicolas López
Argentina MF Gabriel Méndez
Argentina FW Martín Mandra

[edit] External links