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Cléber Chalá
Personal information
Full name	Cléber Manuel Chalá Herrón
Date of birth	(1971-06-29) 29 June 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Imbabura, Ecuador
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–2001	El Nacional	359	(77)
2001–2002	Southampton	0	(0)
2002–2003	El Nacional	45	(16)
2004	Deportivo Quito	28	(7)
2004	Universidad San Martín	15	(2)
2005–2008	El Nacional	60	(9)
Total		507	(111)
International career
1992–2004	Ecuador	86	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cléber Manuel Chalá Herrón (born June 29, 1971 in Imbabura) is a retired Ecuadorian football midfielder who played 86 games for the Ecuador national team between 1992 and 2004.

Club career

At club level he has played mostly for Nacional Quito where he has made over 450 appearances and participated in 4 Ecuadorian league championship winning campaigns (1992, 1996, 2005A & 2006).

He has also played club football for Deportivo Quito and Universidad San Martín de Porres in Peru. He also had a spell in England with Southampton but never played in the first team. He was signed along with fellow countryman Agustín Delgado, but neither made an impact in English football.

International career

Chalá played for Ecuador at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and in the 1993 Copa América, 1997 Copa América and 2001 Copa América

Personal life

He was father-in-law to fellow Ecuadorian footballer Christian Benítez, who married Chalá's daughter Lizeth in 2007.

References

rsssf: Ecuador record international footballers
Cléber Chalá at Soccerbase
Cleber Chala - The Saints Hub
Copa América 1993
Copa América 1997
Copa América 2001
Un año después: ¿el Chucho Benítez estaba condenado a morir? - La Historia (in Spanish)

External links

Cleber Chala Career Profile
Copa America 2004 profile (in Spanish)

Cléber Chalá international tournaments

v t e Ecuador squad – 1993 Copa América fourth place
1 Espinoza 2 Montanero 3 Quiñónez 4 B. Tenorio 5 Carabalí 6 Capurro 7 Muñoz 8 Carcelén 9 E. Hurtado 10 Aguinaga 11 Fernández 12 Mendoza 13 M. Tenório 14 Avilés 15 Gavica 16 Chalá 17 Zambrano 18 Coronel 19 Chérrez 20 I. Hurtado 21 Guerrero Coach: Drašković

v t e Ecuador squad – 1997 Copa América
1 J. Cevallos 2 Constante 3 De la Cruz 4 Méndez 5 Tenorio 6 Capurro 7 Sánchez 8 Carabalí 9 Hurtado 10 Gavica 11 Fernández 12 Ibarra 13 Delgado 14 Montaño 15 Rosero 16 Smith 17 Burbano 18 Maldonado 19 Chalá 20 Graziani 21 González 22 A. Cevallos Coach: Maturana

v t e Ecuador squad – 2001 Copa América
1 Cevallos 2 Poroso 3 Hurtado 4 De la Cruz 5 Burbano 6 Guerrón 7 J. Aguinaga 8 Ordóñez 9 Borja 10 Á. Aguinaga (c) 11 Delgado 12 Ibarra 13 Fernández 14 W. Ayoví 15 M. Ayoví 16 Chalá 17 Espinoza 18 Obregón 19 Méndez 20 Tenorio 21 Sánchez 23 Guagua Coach: Gómez

v t e Ecuador squad – 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup
1 Cevallos 2 Poroso 3 Hurtado 5 Obregón 6 Guerrón 7 Lara 8 L. Gómez 9 C. Tenorio 10 Aguinaga 11 Asencio 12 Ibarra 13 Fernández 15 Ayoví 16 Chalá 17 Espinoza 18 Hidalgo 19 Méndez 20 E. Tenorio Coach: H. Gómez

v t e Ecuador squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Cevallos 2 Poroso 3 Hurtado 4 De la Cruz 5 Obregón 6 Guerrón 7 Asencio 8 L. Gómez 9 Kaviedes 10 Aguinaga (c) 11 Delgado 12 Ibarra 13 Fernández 14 Burbano 15 M. Ayoví 16 Chalá 17 Espinoza 18 C. Tenorio 19 Méndez 20 E. Tenorio 21 Sánchez 22 Viteri 23 W. Ayoví Coach: H. Gómez

v t e Ecuador squad – 2004 Copa América
1 J. Espinoza 2 Guagua 3 Hurtado 4 De la Cruz 5 Obregón 6 Ambrosi 7 Salas 8 Ordóñez 9 Figueroa 10 Aguinaga 11 Delgado 12 Ibarra 13 Saritama 14 Baldeón 15 Ayoví 16 Chalá 17 G. Espinoza 18 Reasco 19 Méndez 20 E. Tenorio 21 Soledispa 22 Lanza Coach: Gómez

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