Cléber Chalá

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Cléber Chalá
Full name	Cléber Manuel Chalá
Date of birth	June 29, 1971 (1971-06-29) (age 36)
Place of birth	Imbabura, Ecuador
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	El Nacional
Number	10
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2004 2004 2005-present	El Nacional Southampton F.C. El Nacional Deportivo Quito Universidad San Martín El Nacional	359 (77) 0 (0) 45 (16) 28 (7) 15 (2) 60 (9)
National team²
1992-2004	Ecuador	86 (6)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 January 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 5 April 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Cléber Chalá (born 29 June 1971 in Imbabura) is an Ecuadorian football midfielder who played 86 games for the Ecuador national team between 1992 and 2004.^[1]

Chalá played for Ecuador at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and at the Copa América in 1993^[2], 1997^[3] and 2001^[4]

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 F.C. but never played in the first team.^[5]

He played for the Ecuador national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

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(Spanish) Copa America 2004 profile

v • d • e Ecuador squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup

1 Cevallos • 2 Porozo • 3 Hurtado • 4 de la Cruz • 5 Obregón • 6 Guerrón • 7 Asencio • 8 L. Gómez • 9 Kaviedes • 10 Aguinaga • 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