Ecuador · 1998–2010Ulises de la Cruz
Rating
82
Caps
101
Goals
6
Life
1974
Clubs
S.D. Quito, Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito, Aston Villa
#17
Editorial rank of 33 for Ecuador
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The people's rank, live from duel votes
Roughly a tenth of every wage packet went home to Piquiucho, the village in Carchi where he was born, paying for a water treatment plant, a health centre and a sports ground. 101 caps, both of Ecuador's first two World Cups and the run to the last 16 in 2006, the 2009 Copa Sudamericana and back-to-back Recopas with LDU Quito, and three Ecuadorian league titles in 1998, 1999 and 2010. Career record: 101 caps and 6 goals for Ecuador; club career at S.D. Quito, Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito, Aston Villa.
Career record
| 1991–1994 | S.D. Quito |
| 1995–1997 | Barcelona S.C. |
| 1995–1995 | Cruzeiro E.C. |
| 1996–1996 | Sociedad Deportiva Aucas |
| 1997–2001 | Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito |
| 1999–1999 | Cruzeiro E.C. |
| 2001–2002 | Hibernian |
| 2001–2001 | Barcelona S.C. |
| 2002–2006 | Aston Villa |
| 2006–2008 | Reading |
| 2009–2009 | Birmingham City |
| 2009–2012 | Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito |
| Ecuador | 101 caps, 6 goals |
Shared the era
Ecuador legends whose careers overlapped Cruz's