Iván Hurtado
Iván Jacinto Hurtado Angulo ( born August 16, 1974 in Esmeraldas ) is a retired Ecuadorian football player who was used mostly in central defense.
Hurtado is with 167 operations in the Ecuadorian national team of his country 's most capped player and since September 8, 2007 the sole South American 's most capped player. He was until January 2010 of all currently active national team players, the player with most international matches, was then surpassed by the Egyptian Ahmed Hassan.
The Ecuadorians is considered a very intelligent game, technically versed defender. He was from 2000 to 2007 Team Captain of the Ecuadorian national team and is one of the pillars of the national selection, with which he participated in the World Championships in 2002 and 2006 as well as the tournaments at the Copa América 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2004 and 2007. He is nicknamed " Bambam ".
Career
Hurtado began his career at Esmeraldas Petrolero in his hometown, where he made his debut at age 16 in 1990. In 1991 he moved to Emelec Guayaquil, one of the most important clubs in Ecuador. On 24 May 1992 he made his debut in the national team in a friendly match against Guatemala in Guatemala City. In this game, which ended 1-1, Hurtado also scored the first of his five previous goals for the national team.
In 1995, he joined the Mexican Primera División for Atlético Celaya, for whom he worked until the end of 1997 and with whom he repeatedly reached the finals. Due to its good performance in Celaya 1998 when he was obliged by the top team the Tigres de Monterrey, where he was active until 2001. Then began a period in which Hurtado each loan for CF La Piedad (Mexico, in mid-2001 to February 2002), Barcelona SC Guayaquil ( Ecuador, February 2002-December 2003 ) and Real Murcia (Spain, second half of the season 2003/ 04) played.
In July 2003, his transfer rights have been acquired by CF Pachuca in Mexico, played for in the 2003/04 season. After he was not drafted again in Mexico and is negotiating a move to Ecuador broke, Hurtado signed on loan a contract with Al -Arabi in Qatar. For the season 2006/ 07 he moved within Qatar's Al -Ahli SC. In January 2007, he joined Atlético Nacional in the Colombian league. With his new team, he was right in the first season of Colombian masters of the Apertura and Clausura. For the 2008 season, he returned to Ecuador to Barcelona SC. Even after half a year in which Barcelona had little success, he left the club and moved to Millonarios in the first Colombian league. After a year there he returned to Ecuador, where he plays for Deportivo Quito since July 2009.