Luis Caicedo Medina

Kunty Caicedo
Personal information
Full name Luis Alberto Caicedo Medina
Date of birth (1992-05-11) 11 May 1992
Place of birth Guayaquil, Ecuador
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz
Number TBD
Youth career
Independiente DV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2016 Independiente DV 178 (2)
2017– Cruzeiro 6 (0)
2017–18 → Barcelona SC (loan) 9 (0)
2018- Tiburones Rojas de Veracruz 0 (0)
National team‡
2016– Ecuador 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 December 2016
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2018

Luis Alberto "Kunty" Caicedo Medina (born 11 May 1992) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a central defender for Mexican Liga MX club Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz on loan from Cruzeiro.[1]

Club career

Caicedo played for Independiente del Valle, playing a crucial part in defense as the team finished runners-up in the 2016 Copa Libertadores. In December 2016 Caicedo signed a five-year deal for Brazilian side Cruzeiro.[2]

Disciplinary

In October 2016 Caicedo was suspended for three matches while playing for Independiente for cursing at a referee after a match against Emerlec.[3] Afterwards Caicedo claimed that it was the referee who initiated the confrontaton and allegedly insulted and made racist remarks about Caidedo's Afro-Ecuadorian ethnicity.[4]

In a match that same month on 11 October in a world qualifying match against Bolivia Caicedo was sent off on his second international cap for picking up two yellow cards.[5] In another world cup qualifying match against on 28 March 2017 Caicedo was again sent off for two bookable offenses as Ecuador lost 0–2.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ecuagol.com/ecuagol/index.php?n=112822
  2. ↑ http://www.ecuagol.com/ecuagol/index.php?n=112822
  3. ↑ Rodrigo Martínez (18 October 2016). "Luis Caicedo fue sancionado con tres fechas por insultos al árbitro" (in Spanish). Bendito Futbol. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  4. ↑ Fabián Alarcón (17 October 2016). "Luis Caicedo denunció que el árbitro lo trató de forma racista" (in Spanish). Bendito Futbol. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Ecuador empató 2-2 con Bolivia con doblete de Enner Valencia en La Paz por la eliminatoria a Rusia" (in Spanish). El Universo. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Expulsan a Luis Caicedo del partido Ecuador vs. Colombia" (in Spanish). El Metro (Ecuador). 28 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
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