Richar Luis Mercado Corozo (born December 20, 1986, in Esmeraldas, Ecuador) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richar Luis Mercado Corozo | ||
| Date of birth | 20 December 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Esmeraldas, Ecuador | ||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Guayaquil SC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2006 | UT Cotopaxi | 20 | (5) |
| 2007 | El Nacional | 8 | (2) |
| 2008 | Melgar | 21 | (5) |
| 2009 | Manta | 8 | (0) |
| 2009 | Deportivo Azogues | 11 | (1) |
| 2010 | Independiente José Terán | 8 | (1) |
| 2010 | Técnico Universitario | 13 | (3) |
| 2011 | Deportivo Quevedo | 2 | (0) |
| 2011 | Mushuc Runa | 3 | (2) |
| 2011–2013 | Montevideo Wanderers | 37 | (11) |
| 2014 | → Olmedo (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2015 | Universitario de Sucre | 6 | (1) |
| 2016 | Atlético Pantoja | ||
| 2017–2018 | Villa Española | 12 | (2) |
| 2018 | LDU Portoviejo | ? | (4) |
| 2019 | Águila | 15 | (1) |
| 2020 | Rocha | ||
| 2021– | Guayaquil SC | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editMercado started his professional career playing for U.T. de Cotopaxi in August 2004, playing in the Ecuadorian Segunda Categoría. After two years in this club, he took a big step in his career, signing with Ecuadorian giants El Nacional.
In January 2008, he signed a deal with Peruvian side FBC Melgar.[1]
In mid 2011, Mercado signed a contract with Uruguayan side Montevideo Wanderers.[2]
Later career
editIn December 2018, Mercado signed with Águila of the Salvadoran Primera División.[3] He left the club in the summer 2019.
In February 2020, it was reported that Mercado had joined Paraguayan club Sportivo Luqueño.[4] However, in October 2020 Luqueño confirmed on Twitter, that Mercado never had signed officially with the club, but only trained with the team and played a few friendly games for them.[5] This clarification came after Mercado was presented at Uruguayan club Rocha in October 2020, where Rocha, in a part of the welcome, mentioned Sportivo Luqueño as Mercado's last club. Mercado later sued Luqueño because he claimed, that he had signed a contract with the club and didn't receive the payment of the commitments contained in the contract.[6]
Mercado officially joined Uruguayan club Rocha F.C. in the beginning of October 2020.[7] In March 2021, Mercado joined Guayaquil SC.
Honours
editPlayer
editClub
edit- Primera División
- Champion: Clausura 2019
References
edit- ^ "FBC Melgar se reforzó con el delantero ecuatoriano Richard Mercado" (in Spanish). elcomercio.pe. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- ^ "Richard Mercado nuevo jugador bohemio" (in Spanish). mwfc.com.uy. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
- ^ Estos son los primeros cambios en Alianza, FAS y Águila - ElSalvador.com (in Spanish)
- ^ Tres más en el fichero, abc.com.py, 22 February 2020
- ^ Luqueño aclara caso Mercado, d10.ultimahora.com, 8 October 2020
- ^ Jorge Luna y Richard Mercado demandan al Sportivo Luqueño, versus.lanacion.com.py, 11 November 2020
- ^ Una nueva oportunidad para El Roble (FOTO), futbolecuador.com, 6 October 2020
External links
edit- Profile at Ecuagol
- Richard Luis Mercado at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Richard Mercado at Soccerway
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