![]() Caicedo in 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luis Alberto Caicedo Medina | ||
Date of birth | 11 May 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Guayaquil, Ecuador | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Youth career | |||
Independiente DV | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2010–2016 | Independiente DV | 178 | (2) |
2017–2018 | Cruzeiro | 15 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Barcelona SC (loan) | 23 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Veracruz | 17 | (0) |
2019–2022 | L.D.U. Quito | 54 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2016– | Ecuador | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 August 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2018 |
Luis Alberto "Kunty" Caicedo Medina (born 11 May 1992) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a central defender. [1]
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]
In October 2016 Caicedo was suspended for three matches while playing for Independiente for cursing at a referee after a match against Emelec. [3] Afterwards Caicedo claimed that it was the referee who initiated the confrontation 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 cup 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]