Eduardo Hurtado
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| Eduardo Hurtado | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eduardo Estíguar Hurtado Roa | |
| Date of birth | January 12, 1969 | |
| Place of birth | Esmeraldas, Ecuador | |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |
| Playing position | Center Forward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Deportivo Pereira | |
| Number | 9 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1986-1991 | Centro Juvenil | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1991–1992 1993 1993 1994–1994 1994 1995–1996 1996 1996 1997 1997 1998 1998 1998–1999 1999 1999 2000 2000 2001 2001–2002 2002–2003 2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006 2006–2007 2007–present |
UD Valdez Saint Gallen Colo-Colo FC Correcaminos CS Emelec L.A. Galaxy → Barcelona SC (loan) L.A. Galaxy → LDU Quito (loan) L.A. Galaxy Metro Stars → LDU Quito (loan) Metro Stars → LDU Quito (loan) Metro Stars N.E. Revolution LDU Quito AA Argentinos Juniors Hibernian FC Barcelona SC CD El Nacional Universidad de Concepción Audaz Octubrino → CD Olmedo (loan) → Técnico Universitario (loan) → CD Norte America (loan) Deportivo Pereira |
- - - - - 30 (21) 7 (2) - - 21 (8) 11 (10) 11 (3) - 11 (3) 15 (7) 3 (0) 20 (10) 29 (7) 12 (1) 26 (8) 6 (1) - 23 (19) 45 (13) 7 (5) 20 (11) - |
| National team2 | ||
| 1992-2002 | Ecuador | 74 (26) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Eduardo Estíguar Hurtado Roa (born January 12, 1969, in Esmeraldas, Ecuador) is a footballer who plays as a striker. He has the record of being the 2nd all-time leading scorer for the Ecuador national football team with 26 goals in 74 caps[1].
Hurtado, nicknamed El Tanque ("The Tank") for trying to roll over everything in his path, has played for many teams in different countries. His first teams were now defunct Valdez Sporting Club from Milagro and Emelec from Guayaquil, in his native Ecuador, and he also had stops in Switzerland, Chile, Mexico, the United States, Argentina, and Scotland, where he joined SPL side Hibernian and had a very unsuccessful spell with the Easter Road side, only scoring two goals. He later returned to Ecuador.
Hurtado was one of the early stars of Major League Soccer (MLS). In 1996, the league's first year, he finished second in goals, scoring 21 for the Los Angeles Galaxy. He added three in the playoffs as Galaxy fell short in the MLS Cup final and was named to the MLS Best XI after the season. After only eight goals in 1997, Hurtado was traded to the MetroStars two games into the 1998 season and finished the year with 11 goals and 15 assists (10 and 14 of those for the Metros), plus added a goal in the playoffs.
And then 1999 came. After scoring two goals in the Metro season opener, Hurtado scored just five the rest of the way. Playing for one of the worst teams in league history, he was the epitome of everything wrong with the squad, missing easy sitters and empty nets game after game. El Tanque became known as El Tanque, and the Metros let him go on waivers after the season. The New England Revolution picked him up, but he only lasted three goalless games there before getting his release.
Since his departure from MLS, Hurtado played for Hibernian, Argentinos Juniors, Barcelona Sporting Club, Liga Deportiva Universitaria, El Nacional, the team of Universidad de Concepción, and Audaz Octubrino from Machala. In 2004, he came back to the United States to play indoor soccer, signing with the Cleveland Force of the MISL in December. However, he couldn't adjust to the indoor game and was released in less than a month, going back to Ecuador to play for Olmedo, in 2006 he played for the 2nd Divition club Norte America. Surprising in 2007 he announced he'll transfer to Colombian Football to sign for the 1st Division Club Deportivo Pereira. The Recordman said: "I feel like I'm 20 years old, I want to score in Colombia" in an interview with a local TV.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Career details at National Football Teams
