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]
| 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 | |||
Club career
editAt 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
editChalá 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
editHe 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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