Edoardo Isella | |
Fullname: | Edoardo Isella D´Gómez Ventoza |
Birth Date: | 9 October 1980 |
Birth Place: | Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico |
Height: | 1.83m (06feet) |
Position: | Defender |
Youthclubs1: | Guadalajara |
Years1: | 2000–2001 |
Years2: | 2001–2002 |
Years3: | 2002–2003 |
Years4: | 2004 |
Years5: | 2004–2007 |
Years6: | 2007–2008 |
Years7: | 2008–2009 |
Years8: | 2009–2012 |
Years9: | 2012–2014 |
Clubs8: | Halcones |
Clubs9: | Municipal |
Caps1: | 21 |
Caps2: | 4 |
Caps3: | 1 |
Caps4: | 47 |
Caps5: | 3 |
Caps6: | 14 |
Caps8: | 73 |
Caps9: | 68 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Goals6: | 2 |
Goals8: | 6 |
Goals9: | 3 |
Nationalyears1: | 2001 |
Nationalteam1: | Mexico |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Edoardo Isella D'Gómez Ventoza (born 9 October 1980), known as Edoardo Isella, is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is known as one of the first Afro-Mexicans to debut for Guadalajara.
Isella was born in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas to an Afro-Honduran father and a Mexican mother.
Isella was eligible to play for Mexico or Honduras at international level. He opted to represent the former after joining the youth academy of Mexican nationalist club Guadalajara.[1] He managed to get an early call-up to the Mexico national football team by coach Enrique Meza after having a standout 2000–01 season with the Guadalajara first team.