Jorge Guagua

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Personal information
Jorge Guagua
Full name	Jorge Daniel Guagua Tamayo
Date of birth	September 28, 1981 (1981-09-28) (age 26)
Place of birth	Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Barcelona SC
Number	3
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003-2006 2006-2007 2007-2007 2008-	El Nacional Colón Emelec Barcelona SC	? (?) 8 (0) 5 (0) 0(0)
National team²
2001-present	Ecuador	28 (2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 September 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 20 September 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Jorge Daniel Guagua Tamayo (born 28 September 1981 in Esmeraldas) is an Ecuador international defender who plays for Emelec in the Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol.

Central defender Guagua had a promising start to his career and his quick, technical abilities meant he was included in Ecuador’s squad for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship. In the same year, he made his debut for Ecuador’s senior side and he was named in his country’s squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He also played in the 2007 Copa America held in Venezuela.

However Guagua, who captained Club Deportivo El Nacional to the 2005 league championship, is generally used as a substitute behind record appearance maker Ivan Hurtado in Ecuador’s current side. He has 16 international caps and one goal as at May 19, 2006 against Mexico. He was transferred to Colón de Santa Fe of Argentina right after the 2006 FIFA World Cup. After a year of steady performances there he returned to Ecuador to play for Club Sport Emelec. In December 2007 Guagua agreed to join Emelec's city rivals Barcelona SC [1]

v • d • e Ecuador squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup

1 Villafuerte • 2 Guagua • 3 Hurtado • 4 de la Cruz • 5 Perlaza • 6 Urrutia • 7 Lara • 8 Méndez • 9 Borja • 10 Kaviedes • 11 Delgado • 12 Mora • 13 Ambrosi • 14 Castillo • 15 Ayoví • 16 Valencia • 17 Espinoza • 18 Reasco • 19 Saritama • 20 E. Tenorio • 21 C. Tenorio • 22 Lanza • 23 Benítez • Coach: Suárez