Ecuador · 1999–2006Giovanny Espinoza
Rating
81
Caps
90
Goals
3
Life
1977
Clubs
Sociedad Deportiva Aucas, Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito, S.D. Quito
#20
Editorial rank of 33 for Ecuador
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The people's rank, live from duel votes
La Sombra, the shadow, spent 65 consecutive Ecuador matches beside Iván Hurtado, a run stretching back to 1999 and the longest unbroken centre-back pairing international football has recorded. Ninety caps, two World Cups, and a place on the shortlist for FIFA's team of the 2006 tournament, where Ecuador reached the last 16; two Ecuadorian league titles with LDU Quito, then spells at Cruzeiro and Vitesse. Career record: 90 caps and 3 goals for Ecuador; club career at Sociedad Deportiva Aucas, Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito, S.D. Quito.
Career record
| 1997–2001 | Sociedad Deportiva Aucas |
| 2001–2002 | Club de Fútbol Monterrey |
| 2002–2002 | Sociedad Deportiva Aucas |
| 2003–2006 | Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito |
| 2007–2008 | SBV Vitesse |
| 2008–2009 | Cruzeiro E.C. |
| 2009–2010 | Birmingham City |
| 2009–2009 | Barcelona S.C. |
| 2009–2012 | Independiente del Valle |
| 2010–2012 | Unión Española |
| 2012–2013 | S.D. Quito |
| Ecuador | 90 caps, 3 goals |
Shared the era
Ecuador legends whose careers overlapped Espinoza's