Edwin Villafuerte Explained

Edwin Villafuerte
Fullname:Edwin Alberto Villafuerte Posligua
Birth Date:12 March 1979[1]
Birth Place:Ventanas, Los Ríos Province, Ecuador
Position:Goalkeeper
Years1:1997–2007
Years2:2006
Years3:2008
Years4:2009
Years5:2010
Years6:2011
Years7:2011
Years8:2012
Years9:2013
Clubs2:Deportivo Quito (loan)
Clubs4:Técnico Universitario
Clubs5:ESPOLI
Clubs6:Huaquillas Fútbol Club
Clubs7:Atlético Audaz
Clubs8:Deportivo Pereira
Clubs9:Deportivo Quevedo
Caps1:93
Caps2:17
Caps3:0
Caps4:17
Caps5:5
Caps6:0
Caps7:5
Goals1:0
Goals2:0
Goals3:0
Goals4:0
Goals5:0
Goals6:0
Goals7:0
Nationalyears1:2004–2007
Nationalteam1:Ecuador
Nationalcaps1:16
Nationalgoals1:0
Pcupdate:December 6, 2008
Ntupdate:December 6, 2008

Edwin Alberto Villafuerte Posligua (born 12 March 1979) is an Ecuadorian former goalkeeper who last played for Club Deportivo Quevedo.

Club career

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.

International career

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ecuador - E. Villafuerte - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway . int.soccerway.com . 24 December 2019.