Jorge Daniel Guagua Tamayo
(born 28 September 1981 in Esmeraldas
) is an Ecuador
international defender who plays for El Nacional in the Campeonato Ecuatoriano de
Fútbol.
Central defender Guagua had a promising start to his career and his
quick, technical abilities meant he was included in Ecuador’s squad
for the 2001
FIFA World
Youth Championship. In the same year, he made his debut for
Ecuador’s senior side and he was named in his country’s squad for
the
2006 FIFA World Cup.
He also
played in the 2007 Copa America
held in Venezuela
.
However Guagua, who captained
Club Deportivo El Nacional to the
2005 league championship, is generally used as a substitute behind
record appearance maker
Ivan Hurtado in
Ecuador’s current side.
He has 16 international caps and one goal as
at May 19 2006 against
Mexico
. He was transferred to Colón de Santa Fe of Argentina
right after the 2006
FIFA World Cup. After a year of steady performances there he
returned to Ecuador to play for
Club Sport Emelec. In
December 2007 Guagua agreed to join Emelec's city rivals
Barcelona SCFor the 2009 season he will make
his return to the team that made him famous,
El Nacional.
References
- EcuaFutbol article
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