Cléber Chalá
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cléber Manuel Chalá Herrón | ||
| Date of birth | 29 June 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Imbabura, Ecuador | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–2001 | El Nacional | 359 | (77) |
| 2001–2002 | Southampton | 0 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | El Nacional | 45 | (16) |
| 2004 | Deportivo Quito | 28 | (7) |
| 2004 | Universidad San Martín | 15 | (2) |
| 2005–2008 | El Nacional | 60 | (9) |
| Total | 507 | (111) | |
| International career | |||
| 1992–2004 | Ecuador | 86 | (6) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Cléber Manuel Chalá Herrón (born June 29, 1971 in Imbabura) is a retired Ecuadorian football midfielder who played 86 games for the Ecuador national team between 1992 and 2004.[1]
Club career
[edit]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 but never played in the first team.[2][3] He was signed along with fellow countryman Agustín Delgado, but neither made an impact in English football.
International career
[edit]Chalá played for Ecuador at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and in the 1993 Copa América,[4] 1997 Copa América[5] and 2001 Copa América[6]
Personal life
[edit]He was father-in-law to fellow Ecuadorian footballer Christian Benítez, who married Chalá's daughter Lizeth in 2007.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ rsssf: Ecuador record international footballers
- ^ Cléber Chalá at Soccerbase
- ^ Cleber Chala - The Saints Hub
- ^ Copa América 1993
- ^ Copa América 1997
- ^ Copa América 2001
- ^ Un año después: ¿el Chucho Benítez estaba condenado a morir? - La Historia (in Spanish)
External links
[edit]- Cleber Chala Career Profile
- Copa America 2004 profile (in Spanish)
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- 1971 births
- Living people
- People from Imbabura Province
- Ecuadorian men's footballers
- Ecuador men's international footballers
- 1993 Copa América players
- 1997 Copa América players
- 2001 Copa América players
- 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- 2004 Copa América players
- C.D. El Nacional footballers
- Southampton F.C. players
- S.D. Quito footballers
- Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres players
- Ecuadorian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in Peru
- Men's association football midfielders
- Ecuadorian football midfielder stubs