Edwin Villafuerte

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Personal information
Edwin Villafuerte
Full name	Edwin Alberto Villafuerte Posligua
Date of birth	March 12, 1979 (1979-03-12) (age 29)
Place of birth	Guayaquil, Ecuador
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Deportivo Quito
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997-05 2006 2007 2008	Barcelona SC Deportivo Quito Barcelona SC Olmedo
National team²
2004-	Ecuador	15 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 June 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 15 June 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Edwin Alberto Villafuerte Posligua (born 12 March 1979) is an Ecuadorian goalkeeper who in 2007 played for Barcelona. In 2008 he has been announced as part of Centro Deportivo Olmedo squad.

Once dubbed ‘Ecuador’s New Hands’, goalkeeper Villafuerte found it difficult to sustain a first team spot at Barcelona SC behind Jose Cevallos. In order to get more regular football, he moved to Deportivo Quito in January 2006.

As a youngster, he was included in Ecuador’s squad for the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship. In that tournament he kept clean sheets against the United States and Japan.

With Villafuerte in goal, Ecuador beat Brazil and Argentina at home in their 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, keeping clean sheets on both occasions.

He has 15 international caps as of June 15, 2006. Since the 2006 FIFA World Cup, it appeared coach Luis Fernando Suarez had completely discarded Villafuerte. However, he was called up for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers against Paraguay and Peru, the latter of which he made an appearance against.

v • d • e Ecuador squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup

1 Villafuerte • 2 Guagua • 3 Hurtado • 4 de la Cruz • 5 Perlaza • 6 Urrutia • 7 Lara • 8 Méndez • 9 Borja • 10 Kaviedes • 11 Delgado • 12 Mora • 13 Ambrosi • 14 Castillo • 15 Ayoví • 16 Valencia • 17 Espinoza • 18 Reasco • 19 Saritama • 20 E. Tenorio • 21 C. Tenorio • 22 Lanza • 23 Benítez • Coach: Suárez