Luis Caicedo (footballer, born 1992)

Luis Caicedo
	Caicedo in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Luis Alberto Caicedo Medina
Date of birth	11 May 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth	Guayaquil, Ecuador
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
	Independiente DV
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2016	Independiente DV
2017–2018	Cruzeiro
2017–2018	→ Barcelona SC (loan)
2018–2019	Veracruz
2019–2022	L.D.U. Quito
International career‡
2016–	Ecuador
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 August 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2018

Last updated February 19, 2024

Luis Alberto "Kunty" Caicedo Medina (born 11 May 1992) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a central defender.^[1]

Club career

Caicedo played for Independiente del Valle, playing a crucial part in defense as the team finished runners-up in the 2016 Copa Libertadores. In December 2016 Caicedo signed a five-year deal for Brazilian side Cruzeiro.^[2]

Disciplinary

In October 2016 Caicedo was suspended for three matches while playing for Independiente for cursing at a referee after a match against Emelec.^[3] Afterwards Caicedo claimed that it was the referee who initiated the confrontation and allegedly insulted and made racist remarks about Caidedo's Afro-Ecuadorian ethnicity.^[4]

In a match that same month on 11 October in a world cup qualifying match against Bolivia Caicedo was sent off on his second international cap for picking up two yellow cards.^[5] In another world cup qualifying match against on 28 March 2017 Caicedo was again sent off for two bookable offenses as Ecuador lost 0–2.^[6]

Honours

LDU Quito

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References

↑ "Luis Caicedo, otro ex Independiente del Valle, se une a Liga de Quito". 6 June 2019.
↑ "Ecuagol". Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
↑ Rodrigo Martínez (18 October 2016). "Luis Caicedo fue sancionado con tres fechas por insultos al árbitro" (in Spanish). Bendito Futbol. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
↑ Fabián Alarcón (17 October 2016). "Luis Caicedo denunció que el árbitro lo trató de forma racista" (in Spanish). Bendito Futbol. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
↑ "Ecuador empató 2-2 con Bolivia con doblete de Enner Valencia en La Paz por la eliminatoria a Rusia" (in Spanish). El Universo. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
↑ "Expulsan a Luis Caicedo del partido Ecuador vs. Colombia" (in Spanish). El Metro (Ecuador). 28 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.

External links

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Luis Caicedo at Soccerway

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[1] "Luis Caicedo, otro ex Independiente del Valle, se une a Liga de Quito". 6 June 2019.

[2] "Ecuagol". Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2017.

[3] Rodrigo Martínez (18 October 2016). "Luis Caicedo fue sancionado con tres fechas por insultos al árbitro" (in Spanish). Bendito Futbol. Retrieved 28 March 2017.

[4] Fabián Alarcón (17 October 2016). "Luis Caicedo denunció que el árbitro lo trató de forma racista" (in Spanish). Bendito Futbol. Retrieved 28 March 2017.

[5] "Ecuador empató 2-2 con Bolivia con doblete de Enner Valencia en La Paz por la eliminatoria a Rusia" (in Spanish). El Universo. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2017.

[6] "Expulsan a Luis Caicedo del partido Ecuador vs. Colombia" (in Spanish). El Metro (Ecuador). 28 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.

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