Luis Checa
{{short description|Ecuadorian footballer (born 1983)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name= Luis Checa
| fullname = Luis Armando Checa Villamar
| image =LUIS CHECA (32880219825).jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|12|21}}
| birth_place =Ecuador
| height = {{Height|m=1.82|precision=0}}
| currentclub = Clan Juvenil
| clubnumber =
| position = Center Back
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 2001–2005
| years2 = 2006
| years3 = 2007
| years4 = 2007
| years5 = 2008–2013
| years6 = 2014–2017
| years7 = 2017–2018
| clubs1 = El Nacional
| clubs2 = Deportivo Quito
| clubs3 = → El Nacional (loan)
| clubs4 = → Aucas (loan)
| clubs5 = Deportivo Quito
| clubs6 = Barcelona
| clubs7 = Clan Juvenil
| caps1 = 104
| caps2 = 44
| caps3 = 3
| caps4 = 18
| caps5 = 223
| caps6 = 64
| caps7 = 0
| goals1 = 4
| goals2 = 3
| goals3 = 0
| goals4 = 0
| goals5 = 14
| goals6 = 4
| goals7 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2008–2013
| nationalteam1 = Ecuador
| nationalcaps1 = 8
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| pcupdate = 6 August 2014
| ntupdate = 24 December 2010
}}
Luis Armando Checa Villamar (born December 21, 1983) is an Ecuadorian retired footballer who last time played with CD Clan Juvenil.
Club career
Luis started out at Deportivo Quito where he had a first good season. He had 27 appearances to start out with and attracted last season's champions El Nacional.
In 2007, Luis was awarded a move to Nacional by his impressive defending performances. However, he only had two appearances and former Nacional coach, Ever Hugo Almeida, was not interested in keeping him with the Quito giants. He finished the year playing on loan for Aucas. In 2008, he went back to Deportivo Quito and is still there currently. In December 2008, he helped Deportivo Quito win their third title in history.
=Copa Sudamericana 2008=
Luis helped Dep. Quito qualify for the Copa Sudamericana 2008. He made four appearances and was an important player for Sevilla's team. His team went on to eliminate Universitario de Deportes of Peru in a 2-1 aggregate win. Deportivo Quito then had to play Mexico's San Luis. Unfortunately, Deportivo Quito was eliminated from the tournament in a 5-4 aggregate loss. He scored one of the goals for Deportivo Quito.{{Cite web |url=http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/commentary?id=251635&league=CONMEBOL.SUDAMERICANA&cc=5901 |title=Commentary: Deportivo Quito v San Luis - Copa Sudamericana - ESPN Soccernet |access-date=2008-11-03 |archive-date=2011-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711103707/http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/commentary?id=251635&league=CONMEBOL.SUDAMERICANA&cc=5901 |url-status=dead }}
International career
Luis has been called up to a friendly against Mexico on November 12, 2008. He is expected to be in the starting line-up for Ecuador.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/114/mexico/2008/11/12/961170/international-friendly-preview-mexico-vs-ecuador|title=International Friendly Preview: México vs. Ecuador|website=Goal.com|access-date=15 December 2021}} He was recently called up to play a quadrangular friendly tournament in Oman.{{cite web|url=http://www.ecuafutbol.org/UI/detalle.aspx?seccion%3D1%26categserie%3D11%26nivel%3D0%26subnivel%3D0%26id%3D12958 |title=Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol, el portal de fútbol ecuatoriano |access-date=2008-12-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716112239/http://www.ecuafutbol.org/UI/detalle.aspx?seccion=1&categserie=11&nivel=0&subnivel=0&id=12958 |archive-date=2011-07-16 }}
References
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External links
- {{NFT player|id=29222}}
- {{Soccerway|luis-armando-checa-villamar/23084}}
{{Ecuador Squad 2011 Copa América}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Checa, Luis}}
Category:Footballers from Quito
Category:Men's association football central defenders
Category:Ecuadorian men's footballers
Category:21st-century Ecuadorian sportsmen
Category:Ecuador men's international footballers
Category:2011 Copa América players
Category:Ecuadorian Serie A players
Category:C.D. El Nacional footballers
Category:S.D. Quito footballers
Category:S.D. Aucas footballers
Category:Barcelona S.C. footballers
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