Epifanio Brizuela
{{short description|Argentine footballer}}
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| clubs4 = Montreal Cantalia
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| clubs7 = Montreal Spania
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Epifanio Brizuela is an Argentine former footballer who played as a forward.
Career
Brizuela played in the Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol in 1959 with C.S.D. Macará.{{Cite web|title=Cronología Extranjeros|url=https://clubmacara.ec/cronologia-extranjeros/|access-date=2022-01-23|website=Club Macara|language=es}} He recorded 15 goals for Macara during the 1960 season.{{Cite web|title=Ecuador - List of Champions and Runners-up Interandinos|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/ecuaandeschamp.html|access-date=2022-01-23|website=RSSSF}} In 1963, he played with L.D.U. Quito, and finished as the club's top goal scorer in the Interandino tournament.{{Cite web|title=Sociedad Deportivo Quito {{!}} Década de los años 60|url=https://www.deportivoquito.com/historia/decada-del-60|access-date=2022-01-23|website=www.deportivoquito.com|archive-date=2021-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124001122/https://www.deportivoquito.com/historia/decada-del-60|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|title=Campeones Nacionales!|url=https://ldu.com.ec/web/anos-60/|access-date=January 23, 2022|website=ldu.com.ec}} In 1964, he played abroad in the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League with Montréal Italica.{{Cite news|last=Gillespie|first=Norman|date=May 6, 1964|title=Local Soccer Club Inks South American Stars|page=24|work=Montreal Gazette}} He was later released and signed a contract with Montreal Cantalia of the National Soccer League.{{Cite news|last=Gillespie|first=Norman|date=July 20, 1964|title=Cantalia Nips Toronto Hungaria 2-1 to Hold Soccer League Leadership|page=21|work=Montreal Gazette}} He returned to his former club Montreal Italica for the 1966 ECPSL season.{{Cite news|last=Campbell|first=Doug|date=May 3, 1966|title=Montreal Inter gets Coach as Pro Soccer Club Builds|page=18|work=Montreal Star}}
In 1967, he played in the Quebec Major Soccer League with Montreal Portuguese.{{Cite news|last=Gillespie|first=Norman|date=May 10, 1967|title=Johl, Kalena Earn Soccer Victories|page=50|work=Montreal Gazette}} The following season he signed with league rivals Montreal Spania.{{Cite news|last=Campbell|first=Doug|date=May 17, 1968|title=Superga rolls over Ukraina|page=42|work=Montreal Star}} He re-signed with Spania for the 1969 season.{{Cite news|last=Campbell|first=Doug|date=May 27, 1969|title=Greek squad faces tough soccer test|page=52|work=Montreal Star}} He finished second in the league scoring charts with ten goals during the 1970 season.{{Cite news|last=Campbell|first=Doug|date=September 24, 1970|title=Settin soccer record straight|page=22|work=Montreal Star}} He continued playing with Spania for three more seasons from 1971 till the 1973 season.{{Cite news|date=October 4, 1971|title=McMullen, Wiecken star for Kickers|page=33|work=Montreal Star}}{{Cite news|date=June 7, 1972|title=Ukraina scores replay triumph|page=34|work=Montreal Star}}{{Cite news|date=June 13, 1973|title=Spania upset winner|page=H4|work=Montreal Star}}
References
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Category:Date of birth missing (living people)
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Argentine men's footballers
Category:C.S.D. Macará footballers
Category:L.D.U. Quito footballers
Category:Ecuadorian Serie A players
Category:Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League players