Eduardo Hurtado
Eduardo Hurtado Roa Estiguar ( born January 12, 1969 in Esmeraldas ) is an Ecuadorian footballer ( striker ).
He was, until June 4, 2005 with 26 goals ( in 74 matches between 1992 and 2000 ) Top scorer of the national team of Ecuador. On this day relieved him Agustín Delgado when he scored the goal to make it 2-0 against Argentina.
The 1.85 m wide Hurtado, whose brawny style of play earned him the name El Tanque (Spanish for The tank / "Storm Tank" ), was one of the stars of Major League Soccer in the USA and currently plays in a regional third Ecuadorian league.
Club football
Hurtado played in the Youth for Centro Juvenil in Esmeraldas and began his professional career in 1991 at UD Váldez, a defunct Erstligaclub from Milagro. In 1993 he was in the spring a short spell at FC St. Gallen, in the second half, another at Colo Colo in Chile. In the first half of 1994, he stood by Correcaminos in Mexico under contract before he moved back to CS Emelec Guayaquil to Ecuador.
After 1995 he was playing for Emelec eighth in the world scorer in the IFFHS, signed him the U.S. Major League for their first season in which he scored for Los Angeles Galaxy 21 goals and second in the scoring charts occupied ( behind Roy Lassiter ). Galaxy lost in this year's Cup final against DC United with 2:3, where Hurtado scored the 1-0 for his team. He was voted one of the best eleven players of the season and participated in the All-Star Game. In the 1998 season, Hurtado was released to the MetroStars. After their demise in 1999 Hurtado joined for the 2000 season to New England Revolution where he was, however, released after two games. During his time in the U.S. Hurtado played each year end in the American season break for Ecuadorian clubs, especially for Liga de Quito and Barcelona SC Guayaquil.
After the end of his involvement in the Major League Soccer Hurtado played in Argentina ( at Argentinos Juniors), in Scotland ( at Hibernian Edinburgh) and in Chile ( at Universidad de Concepción ) and for Liga de Quito, El Nacional Quito and Audaz Octubrino ( from Machala ) in Ecuador. In December 2004, he attempted a comeback in the U.S. indoor soccer, where he was made redundant after less than a month at Cleveland Force for adjustment difficulties. Since 2005, he again played in his home country, first for Centro Deportivo Olmedo ( Riobamba ) and from July to December 2006 for the second-division club Técnico Universitario Ambato. Since April 2007, he was registered as a player of CS Norte América, a club based in Guayaquil, who competes in the played at the provincial level third tier of Ecuador. For the club to play other former first division ( including José Gavica ) that organize their team largely self. In August 2007, Hurtado was surprisingly announced as a new signing of the Colombian first division team Deportivo Pereira, was there but canceled shortly afterwards after a coaching change due to lack of fitness of the squad and returned to Ecuador. He just completed a short stint against La Equidad Bogotá. Since he was not eligible to play in Ecuador because of his move in the second half of the season, he remained until December 2007 without a club. Between June and December 2008, he was at Atletico San Camilo, a club based in Quevedo the third division in the province of Los Ríos, under contract. Since then, he is without a club.
National
In the National Hurtado made his debut on 23 May 1992 a 1-1 draw against Guatemala in Guatemala City. His 74th and final international game so far, he completed on 20 September 2000 in San Diego against Mexico. Hurtado took part in the tournaments for the Copa América 1993, 1995 and 1997.