- Edwin Villafuerte
Football player infobox| playername= Edwin Villafuerte
fullname = Edwin Alberto Villafuerte Posligua
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1979|3|12
cityofbirth =Guayaquil
countryofbirth =Ecuador
Nicknames:
currentclub =Deportivo Quito
position =Goalkeeper
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1997-05 2006 2007 2008
clubs =Barcelona SCDeportivo Quito Barcelona SCOlmedo
caps(goals) =
nationalyears = 2004-
nationalteam = Ecuador
nationalcaps(goals) = 15 (0)
pcupdate = 15 June 2006
ntupdate = 15 June 2006Edwin Alberto Villafuerte Posligua (born
12 March 1979 ) is an Ecuadorian goalkeeper who in 2007 played for Barcelona. In 2008 he has been announced as part ofCentro Deportivo Olmedo squad.Once dubbed ‘Ecuador’s New Hands’, goalkeeper Villafuerte found it difficult to sustain a first team spot at Barcelona SC behind
Jose Cevallos . In order to get more regular football, he moved to Deportivo Quito in January 2006.As a youngster, he was included in Ecuador’s squad for the
1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship . In that tournament he kept clean sheets against the United States and Japan.With Villafuerte in goal, Ecuador beat Brazil and Argentina at home in their
2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, keeping clean sheets on both occasions.He has 15 international caps as of
June 15 ,2006 . Since the2006 FIFA World Cup , it appeared coachLuis Fernando Suarez had completely discarded Villafuerte. However, he was called up for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers against Paraguay and Peru, the latter of which he made an appearance against.
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
