Carlos Espínola (footballer, born 1975)

Carlos Espínola
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Alberto Espínola Oviedo
Date of birth	25 December 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth	Yaguarón, Paraguay
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–1998	Cerro Porteño
1999	América
2000–2001	Cerro Porteño
2001	Libertad
2002	Sport Colombia
2003–2006	LDU Quito
2008	Deportivo Cali
2008	Emelec
2009–2010	LDU Quito
2011	Sporting Cristal
International career
2000–2004	Paraguay
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 June 2012

Carlos Arberto Espínola Oviedo (born 25 December 1975) is a retired Paraguayan football defender.

Espínola began his professional career at Paraguayan club Cerro Porteño for three years, winning a national title with them in 1996. He had a brief spell at Mexican powerhouse América in 1999, but returned to Cerro Porteño the next year where he won another national title. Over the next two years, Espínola played for Paraguayan Primera División clubs Libertad and Sport Colombia.

In 2003, Espínola went to Ecuador to play for LDU Quito, where he had considerable success winning a national championship in 2003 and in 2005. In the last game of the 2006 season, Espínola was involved in a melee during a match against Barcelona. During the melee, Espínola kicked Leonardo Soledispa in the face. He received a one-year suspension for his actions.

He returned in 2008 after completing his suspension to play for Deportivo Cali in Colombia and Emelec in Ecuador. In 2009, he returned to LDU Quito where he was an integral member of the squad that won the 2009 Recopa Sudamericana and 2009 Copa Sudamericana.

He played for the Paraguay national team between 2000 and 2004.

Honors

Cerro Porteño

Primera División: 1996, 2001

LDU Quito

References

External links

Carlos Espínola – Ecuadorian Football Federation player profile
Carlos Espínola at BDFA (in Spanish)