Alexander Domínguez
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexander Domínguez Carabalí | ||
Date of birth | 5 June 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Esmeraldas, Ecuador | ||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Vélez Sarsfield | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
2006 | Esmeraldas Club | ||
2006–2009 | L.D.U. Quito | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2016 | L.D.U. Quito | 292 | (0) |
2016–2018 | Monterrey | 9 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Colón (loan) | 27 | (0) |
2018– | Vélez Sarsfield | 12 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2011– | Ecuador | 52 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 13, 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 24, 2019 |
Alexander Domínguez Carabalí (born June 5, 1987) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Vélez Sarsfield of the Argentine Primera División.[2]
Club career
LDU Quito
Domínguez played for L.D.U. Quito from 2006 to 2016, taking over the starting spot from José Francisco Cevallos. He won two Ecuadorian Serie A titles, the 2009 Copa Sudamericana, the 2009 Recopa Sudamericana and the 2010 Recopa Sudamericana .[3]
Domínguez is one of the top 300 goalkeepers in the world, the third highest ranked Ecuadorian, and the highest ranked active Ecuadorian in terms of time spent without conceding a goal. From 2 September 2007 to 28 October 2007, he went 719 minutes without conceding a goal.[citation needed] He is nicknamed "Dida", after the Brazilian keeper of the same name.[4]
Monterrey
On June 22, 2016, it was confirmed that Domínguez would be joining Monterrey.[5]
International career
Domínguez is a former Ecuadorian youth international, who represented the country at the 2007 South American U-20 Championship.[3]
Domínguez received his first call-ups for the senior Ecuador national football team in May 2010 for friendlies against Mexico and South Korea. However, he remained an unused substitute. Because of club-related commitments, he would not receive another call-up until February 2011 for a friendly against Honduras. Again, he was an unused substitute. Manager Reinaldo Rueda finally gave Domínguez his first cap on 26 March 2011 in a 2–0 friendly defeat to Colombia.[3] At the 2011 Copa América, he served as back-up to Marcelo Elizaga.
He established himself as Ecuador's first choice goalkeeper during the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, making 12 appearances for La Tri.[3]
On June 2014, Domínguez was named in Ecuador's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[6] On 15 June, he made his FIFA World Cup debut in a 2–1 defeat to Switzerland at the Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha in Brasília.[7]
On June 25, 2014, Domínguez was named Man of the Match vs. France in Ecuador's final match at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Domínguez kept a clean sheet and stopped shots from the likes of Karim Benzema, Paul Pogba, and Olivier Giroud.[8][9][10]
Honors
- Serie A (2): 2007, 2010
- Recopa Sudamericana (2): 2009, 2010
- Copa Sudamericana (1): 2009
References
- ^ Vélez Sarsfield Player card
- ^ "Alexander Domínguez, nuevo arquero de Vélez". Vélez Sarsfield. 25 June 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Alexander DOMINGUEZ". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ^ Gruber, Alex (1 July 2014). "Forecasting the Future of the Ecuador National Football Team". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ "Alexander Domínguez fichó por el Monterrey del fútbol mexicano". 22 June 2016.
- ^ "World Cup 2014: Antonio Valencia is named in Ecuador squad". BBC. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ^ "Switzerland 2-1 Ecuador". BBC Sport. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-11. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
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- ^ "Mundial Brasil 2014: Alexander Domínguez brilló ante Francia". 25 June 2014.
External links
- Domínguez's FEF player card (in Spanish)
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Ecuadorian footballers
- Ecuador international footballers
- L.D.U. Quito footballers
- C.F. Monterrey players
- Club Atlético Colón footballers
- Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers
- Ecuadorian Serie A players
- Liga MX players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Association football goalkeepers
- 2011 Copa América players
- 2014 FIFA World Cup players
- 2015 Copa América players
- Copa América Centenario players
- 2019 Copa América players
- Ecuadorian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Expatriate footballers in Argentina
- Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- People from Esmeraldas Province