Cléber Chalá

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
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)
National team‡
1992–2004 Ecuador 86 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 1, 2008
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of April 5, 2008

Club career

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

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

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

References
  1. rsssf: Ecuador record international footballers
  2. Cléber Chalá at Soccerbase
  3. Cleber Chala - The Saints Hub
  4. Copa América 1993
  5. Copa América 1997
  6. Copa América 2001
  7. Un año después: ¿el Chucho Benítez estaba condenado a morir? - La Historia (in Spanish)


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