Luis Caicedo | |
Fullname: | Luis Alberto Caicedo Medina |
Birth Date: | 11 May 1992 |
Birth Place: | Guayaquil, Ecuador |
Height: | 1.80 m |
Position: | Centre-back |
Youthclubs1: | Independiente DV |
Years1: | 2010–2016 |
Clubs1: | Independiente DV |
Caps1: | 178 |
Goals1: | 2 |
Years2: | 2017–2018 |
Clubs2: | Cruzeiro |
Caps2: | 15 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2017–2018 |
Clubs3: | → Barcelona SC (loan) |
Caps3: | 23 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2018–2019 |
Clubs4: | Veracruz |
Caps4: | 17 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2019–2022 |
Clubs5: | L.D.U. Quito |
Caps5: | 54 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2016– |
Nationalteam1: | Ecuador |
Nationalcaps1: | 8 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 28 August 2021 |
Nationalteam-Update: | 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]