frederic38
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ecuador is a country where there are very few whites, a lot less than brasil for example
they usually have a lot of black players
but looking at the history of this team and the historical players, it is striking that whites are dominating
the biggest accomplishment of this team is going to the world cup, for the first time in 2002
during that qualification, alex aguinaga and ivan kaviedes made history
aguinaga is of basque descent, and kaviedes of greek descent
first, they beat brasil for the first time in history 1-0, a goal scored by a negro, but made by aguinaga and kaviedes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4s4VqLdieQ&feature=related
aguinaga gives the ball to kaviedes
kaviedes dribbles brazilian defense and gives the ball to the negro
they qualified after a draw against uruguay, an historical match for ecuador
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn2qo_adPc4&feature=related
once again, the same players made history
cross by aguinaga, header by kaviedes
aguinaga is considered the best player in the history of the country
[video=youtube;odwDkuu-LFA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odwDkuu-LFA[/video]
and kaviedes and aguinaga are amongst the 5 top scorers of the country
we can add ariel graziani, a naturalised argentinian of italian descent, that played a role in this qualification, and is in the top ten of the scorers of the hisory of ecuador
the other big accomplishment in ecuatorian soccer was to win the 2008 copa libertadores , the only one ever won by an ecuatorian team (LDU quito)
(the copa libertadores is like the champions league)
the capitain of the team was patricio "pato" urrutia, of basque descent
he is the best scorer in the history of the club, both in national championship and copa libertadores , despite being a defensive middle fielder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPwXA5sIs64
also, the best keeper (for me) of the history of ecuador is marcelo elizaga, born argentinian of italian and basque descent
they usually have a lot of black players
but looking at the history of this team and the historical players, it is striking that whites are dominating
the biggest accomplishment of this team is going to the world cup, for the first time in 2002
during that qualification, alex aguinaga and ivan kaviedes made history
aguinaga is of basque descent, and kaviedes of greek descent
first, they beat brasil for the first time in history 1-0, a goal scored by a negro, but made by aguinaga and kaviedes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4s4VqLdieQ&feature=related
aguinaga gives the ball to kaviedes
kaviedes dribbles brazilian defense and gives the ball to the negro
they qualified after a draw against uruguay, an historical match for ecuador
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn2qo_adPc4&feature=related
once again, the same players made history
cross by aguinaga, header by kaviedes
aguinaga is considered the best player in the history of the country
[video=youtube;odwDkuu-LFA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odwDkuu-LFA[/video]
and kaviedes and aguinaga are amongst the 5 top scorers of the country
we can add ariel graziani, a naturalised argentinian of italian descent, that played a role in this qualification, and is in the top ten of the scorers of the hisory of ecuador
the other big accomplishment in ecuatorian soccer was to win the 2008 copa libertadores , the only one ever won by an ecuatorian team (LDU quito)
(the copa libertadores is like the champions league)
the capitain of the team was patricio "pato" urrutia, of basque descent
he is the best scorer in the history of the club, both in national championship and copa libertadores , despite being a defensive middle fielder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPwXA5sIs64
also, the best keeper (for me) of the history of ecuador is marcelo elizaga, born argentinian of italian and basque descent
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