Personal information | |||
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Full name | Edwin Alberto Villafuerte Posligua | ||
Date of birth | [1] | March 12, 1979||
Place of birth | Ventanas, Los Ríos Province, Ecuador | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–2007 | Barcelona | 93 | (0) |
2006 | → Deportivo Quito (loan) | 17 | (0) |
2008 | Olmedo | 0 | (0) |
2009 | Técnico Universitario | 17 | (0) |
2010 | ESPOLI | 5 | (0) |
2011 | Huaquillas Fútbol Club | 0 | (0) |
2011 | Atlético Audaz | 5 | (0) |
2012 | Deportivo Pereira | ||
2013 | Deportivo Quevedo | ||
International career‡ | |||
2004–2007 | Ecuador | 16 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 6, 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 6, 2008 |
Edwin Alberto Villafuerte Posligua (born 12 March 1979) is an Ecuadorian former goalkeeper who last played for Club Deportivo Quevedo.
Once dubbed ‘Ecuador’s New Hands’, goalkeeper Villafuerte found it difficult to sustain a first team spot at Barcelona SC behind Jose Cevallos. In order to get more regular football, he moved to Deportivo Quito in January 2006.
As a youngster, he was included in Ecuador’s squad for the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship. In that tournament he kept clean sheets against the United States and Japan.
With Villafuerte in goal, Ecuador beat Brazil and Argentina at home in their 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, keeping clean sheets on both occasions.
He has 15 international caps as of June 15, 2006. Since the 2006 FIFA World Cup, it appeared coach Luis Fernando Suarez had completely discarded Villafuerte. However, he was called up for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers against Paraguay and Peru, the latter of which he made an appearance against.
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