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The 33 of Ecuador.
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01
Alberto Spencer 11 caps (Ecuador) · 4 goals · Club Deportivo Everest, Club Atlético PeñarolFifty-four goals in the Copa Libertadores between 1960 and 1972, a total nobody has approached since, and Peñarol's crowd called him Cabeza Mágica for the way he arrived on crosses.
ST1959–1972
Alberto Spencer 11 caps (Ecuador) · 4 goals · Club Deportivo Everest, Club Atlético PeñarolFifty-four goals in the Copa Libertadores between 1960 and 1972, a total nobody has approached since, and Peñarol's crowd called him Cabeza Mágica for the way he arrived on crosses.
ST1959–1972
02
AV
Antonio Valencia 99 caps (Ecuador) · 11 goals · Club Deportivo El Nacional, Wigan AthleticManchester United handed him the number 7 shirt in July 2012; he wore it for a single season, asked for 25 back, and six years later took the armband as the club's first Ecuadorian captain.
CM2005–2019
03
WP
Willian Pacho 32 (as of 4 October 2026) caps (Ecuador) · Royal Antwerp, Eintracht FrankfurtIn the Munich final on 31 May 2025 he beat Nicolò Barella to a ball rolling towards the corner flag and cleared long, and PSG turned that clearance into their second goal in a 5-0 win over Inter.
CB2023–
04
ÁA
Álex Aguinaga 109 caps (Ecuador) · 23 goals · S.D. Quito, Club NecaxaHe supplied the pass for Iván Kaviedes' goal that clinched Ecuador's first World Cup qualification, one moment from fourteen years and 476 games at Necaxa, a club that has since retired his number 7.
CM1987–2004
05
EV
Enner Valencia 49 goals · Club Sport Emelec, Tigres UANLQatar 2022 opened with him scoring both goals of the tournament's first match against the hosts, a penalty and then a header.
SS2012–2026
07
AD
Agustín Delgado 31 goals · ESPOLI, Barcelona SCFive minutes into the game against Mexico in Miyagi on 9 June 2002, El Tín scored the first World Cup goal in Ecuador's history.
ST1994–2011
08
Edison Méndez 111 caps (Ecuador) · 18 goals · S.D. Quito, Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito
CM2000–2014
Edison Méndez 111 caps (Ecuador) · 18 goals · S.D. Quito, Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito
CM2000–2014
10
Pervis Estupiñán 50 (as of 4 October 2026) caps (Ecuador) · Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito, Villarreal CFMilan waited until 8 March 2026 for his first Serie A goal, and it came in the derby against Inter to settle the match 1-0.
LB2019–
Pervis Estupiñán 50 (as of 4 October 2026) caps (Ecuador) · Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito, Villarreal CFMilan waited until 8 March 2026 for his first Serie A goal, and it came in the derby against Inter to settle the match 1-0.
LB2019–
11
Walter Ayoví 121 caps (Ecuador) · Barcelona S.C., Club Deportivo El NacionalTwo of Ecuador's three goals at the 2014 World Cup came off his left boot, both free kicks that Enner Valencia headed in, first against Switzerland and then against Honduras.
LB2001–2017
Walter Ayoví 121 caps (Ecuador) · Barcelona S.C., Club Deportivo El NacionalTwo of Ecuador's three goals at the 2014 World Cup came off his left boot, both free kicks that Enner Valencia headed in, first against Switzerland and then against Honduras.
LB2001–2017
13
Christian Noboa 83 caps (Ecuador) · 4 goals · Club Sport Emelec, Rubin KazanCaptaining Rubin Kazan against Barcelona on 29 September 2010, he converted the penalty that earned a 1-1 draw.
CM2009–2021
Christian Noboa 83 caps (Ecuador) · 4 goals · Club Sport Emelec, Rubin KazanCaptaining Rubin Kazan against Barcelona on 29 September 2010, he converted the penalty that earned a 1-1 draw.
CM2009–2021
14
JI
Jaime Iván Kaviedes 57 caps (Ecuador) · 17 goals · Club Sport Emelec, Real Valladolid
SS1996–2012
15
Jefferson Montero 64 caps (Ecuador) · 10 goals · Independiente del Valle, Club Atlético MoreliaHis first competitive minutes for Swansea came at Old Trafford on 16 August 2014, on for Nathan Dyer after 67 minutes of a 2-1 win over Manchester United.
LM2007–2018
Jefferson Montero 64 caps (Ecuador) · 10 goals · Independiente del Valle, Club Atlético MoreliaHis first competitive minutes for Swansea came at Old Trafford on 16 August 2014, on for Nathan Dyer after 67 minutes of a 2-1 win over Manchester United.
LM2007–2018
16
Piero Hincapié 50 (as of 4 October 2026) caps (Ecuador) · Talleres de Córdoba, Bayer 04 LeverkusenEcuador handed him a debut against Colombia at the 2021 Copa América when he was 19, and by 22 he was the left-sided centre-back in the Bayer Leverkusen team that went through the 2023-24 Bundesliga without losing a match. That season brought the league and the DFB-Pokal, the 2025-26 Premier League followed with Arsenal, and between them came a place in the 2024 Copa América Team of the Tournament and World Cups in 2022 and 2026.
CB2021–
Piero Hincapié 50 (as of 4 October 2026) caps (Ecuador) · Talleres de Córdoba, Bayer 04 LeverkusenEcuador handed him a debut against Colombia at the 2021 Copa América when he was 19, and by 22 he was the left-sided centre-back in the Bayer Leverkusen team that went through the 2023-24 Bundesliga without losing a match. That season brought the league and the DFB-Pokal, the 2025-26 Premier League followed with Arsenal, and between them came a place in the 2024 Copa América Team of the Tournament and World Cups in 2022 and 2026.
CB2021–
17
Ud
Ulises de la Cruz 101 caps (Ecuador) · S.D. Quito, Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito
RB1995–2010
18
CT
Carlos Tenorio 51 caps (Ecuador) · 12 goals · Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito, Al Sadd Sports ClubEcuador called him Demoledor, and in Germany he delivered twice: 24 minutes into the opener against Poland on 9 June 2006, then inside eight minutes against Costa Rica six days later to carry the country into the last 16 for the first time.
ST2001–2011
19
Damián Díaz Club Atlético Rosario Central, Barcelona S.C.
CAM
Damián Díaz Club Atlético Rosario Central, Barcelona S.C.Career sources
Identity and career · Wikidata Q603611
20
GE
Giovanny Espinoza 90 caps (Ecuador) · Sociedad Deportiva Aucas, Liga Deportiva Universitaria de QuitoLa 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.
CB2000–2009
22
AD
Alexander Domínguez 67 (as of 4 October 2026) caps (Ecuador) · Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito, Club Atlético ColónOn 25 June 2014 at the Maracanã he shut out France for ninety minutes and took the man of the match award, the one group game France failed to score in.
GK2011–
23
EH
Eduardo Hurtado 74 caps (Ecuador) · 26 goals · Club Sport Emelec, New York Red BullsFive minutes into the first MLS Cup, played at Foxboro on 20 October 1996 in the tail of a nor'easter, El Tanque rose to Mauricio Cienfuegos's cross and headed the Galaxy in front.
ST1992–2002
24
GP
Gonzalo Plata 54 (as of 4 October 2026) caps (Ecuador) · 9 (as of 4 October 2026) goals · Sporting CP, Independiente del ValleAt MetLife Stadium on 25 June 2026 he struck the goal that beat Germany 2-1 and carried his country out of the group stage, his ninth goal for Ecuador.
RM2019–
25
MB
Miller Bolaños Barcelona S.C., Liga Deportiva Universitaria de QuitoEmelec supporters turned Miller into Killer, and in 2015 he earned it, finishing the Ecuadorian season on 25 league goals and topping the Copa Sudamericana scoring charts for the second year running.
CAM
Career sources
Identity and career · Wikidata Q3885318
28
NR
Néicer Reasco 54 caps (Ecuador) · Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito, Newell's Old BoysAged 38, he lined up for LDU Quito alongside his 17 year old son Djorkaeff on 12 November 2016, closing a career that had begun at the same club in 1997.
RB1998–2011
29
AO
Alfonso Obregón 58 caps (Ecuador) · Club Deportivo ESPOLI, Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito
CDM1995–2004
30
JG
José Gavica 34 caps (Ecuador) · 4 goals · Barcelona S.C., Club Deportivo El NacionalFourteen years separated his first Ecuadorian title with Barcelona SC from his fourth, taken at El Nacional in 2005, and in between Guayaquil came to rate him among the best number tens the club has had.
CAM1992–2003
31
LB
Luis Bolaños 11 caps (Ecuador) · 0 goals · Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito, Club Social y Deportivo MacaráHis free kick in the 26th minute against Pachuca on 17 December 2008 put Liga de Quito into the Club World Cup final, four days before Wayne Rooney settled it for Manchester United.
LM2007–2008
33
GC
Geovanny Caicedo Barcelona S.C., S.D. QuitoEcuadorian football knew the 1.88-metre centre-half from Esmeraldas as Cuchara, a name that followed him through Barcelona SC, Emelec, El Nacional and one season with Toronto FC in 2012.
CB2009–
About this XI
The collection opens with Alberto Spencer, Antonio Valencia and Willian Pacho. The 33 covers 2 goalkeepers, 11 defenders, 14 midfielders and 6 forwards, with sourced senior international careers spanning the 1950s to the 2020s. Pick a formation, drag your eleven onto the pitch, then explore the careers and settle the duels below. Your votes reorder the people's ranking of these 33 in real time.
Left out, and why
A 33 is a set of decisions, and these are the players who lost their place in the last revision of Ecuador's list. Every one of them has a case.
- Jacinto EspinozaThe place went to Willian Pacho.
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Who is the greatest Ecuador footballer of all time?
The editorial collection starts with Alberto Spencer. Its first five careers: Alberto Spencer, Antonio Valencia, Willian Pacho, Álex Aguinaga, Enner Valencia. The people's ranking on this page moves with every duel vote and can disagree.
How were these 33 Ecuador players chosen?
The collection covers every position across Ecuador's football history. Honours, international records and career achievements inform the editorial order. Each entry opens a career note and its sources. Fan votes in the duels build a separate ranking.
Where can I read about the careers?
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