Cléber Chalá

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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]

Cléber Chalá
Personal information
Full name Cléber Manuel Chalá Herrón
Date of birth (1971-06-29) 29 June 1971 (age 53)
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

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At 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

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Chalá 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

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He was father-in-law to fellow Ecuadorian footballer Christian Benítez, who married Chalá's daughter Lizeth in 2007.[7]

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