Aníbal Chalá

Aníbal Chalá
Personal information
Full name Aníbal Hernán Chalá Ayoví
Date of birth (1996-05-09) 9 May 1996
Place of birth Mira, Ecuador
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 L.D.U. Quito
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 El Nacional 119 (3)
2017– FC Dallas 0 (0)
2017– → L.D.U. Quito 3 (0)
National team‡
2015– Ecuador U20 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 6, 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 December 2016

Aníbal Hernán Chalá Ayoví (born 9 May 1996) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for L.D.U. Quito on loan from FC Dallas.

Club career

He began his career with El Nacional in 2013, before joining Major League Soccer side FC Dallas on 14 December 2016.[1] He was then loaned out to L.D.U. Quito until December 31, 2017.[2]

Documentary

Aníbal was a protagonist in Dreamtown, a documentary by Betty Bastidas, chronicling his early beginnings in an Afro-Descendant town in Ecuador, South America. It follows Anibal as he goes from living in extreme poverty to making it as a professional soccer player beating all the odds.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.fcdallas.com/post/2016/12/14/watch-fc-dallas-signs-defender-anibal-chal
  2. ↑ https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/soccer/soccer/2017/05/12/fc-dallas-loans-anibal-chala
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