Pedro Larrea

Pedro Larrea
	Larrea with El Nacional in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Pedro Sebastián Larrea Arellano
Date of birth	May 21, 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Loja, Ecuador
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Team information
Current team	Libertad
Number	5
Youth career
2001–2003	L.D.U. Quito
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2009	L.D.U. Quito
2010	→ Macará (loan)
2011	Barcelona SC
2012–2015	L.D.U. Loja
2016–2018	El Nacional
2018–2021	Deportivo Cuenca
2022–	Libertad F.C.
International career‡
2016	Ecuador
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 15, 2018; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 May 2016

Pedro Sebastián Larrea Arellano (born May 21, 1986 in Loja) is an Ecuadorian footballer. He plays for Libertad F.C.

Club career

Larrea has always played for L.D.U. Quito. He plays as a central midfielder and was often used as a starter whenever Patricio Urrutia can't play. He played in the 2008 Copa Sudamericana as a replacement for Urrutia against Boca Juniors. Liga went on to lose to them 5-1 aggregate.

In the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup, Larrea made two substitute appearances. In the semi-final encounter with Pachuca, he came on in the last two minutes of the game. He provided an assist for Reinaldo Navia but Navia could not score the goal.^[2] He also came on in the last minutes of the final.

In 2009, Larrea began having a more starting role in the squad. He scored his first goal in a 1–1 tie against Emelec in the Ecuadorian Copa Credife. The impressive goal was made from 30 meters out and was named the goal of the week by Ecuadorian newspaper El Comercio.^[3]

On January 21, 2016 it was confirmed that Larrea would be joining El Nacional.^[4]

International career

Larrea made his first appearance for the Ecuador national football team in a friendly 1-0 loss to the USA in May 2016.^[5]

Titles

L.D.U. Quito

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 Presented By TOYOTA — List Of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2008.
^ "El Telégrafo".
^ Goal Larrea ^{[dead link]}
^ Pedro Larrea fue presentado esta tarde como el refuerzo estrella de el nacional ^{[dead link]}
^ "News & Stories | U.S. Soccer Official Website".

External links

Larrea's FEF player card (in Spanish)

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[FCWC_2008-1] "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 Presented By TOYOTA — List Of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2008.

[2] "El Telégrafo".

[3] Goal Larrea ^{[dead link]}

[4] Pedro Larrea fue presentado esta tarde como el refuerzo estrella de el nacional ^{[dead link]}

[5] "News & Stories | U.S. Soccer Official Website".

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