Cléber Chalá

Cléber Chalá

Personal information
Full name	Cléber Manuel Chalá Herrón
Date of birth	(1971-06-29) 29 June 1971
Place of birth	Imbabura, Ecuador
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–2001	El Nacional	359	(77)
2001–2002	Southampton	0	(0)
2002–2003	El Nacional	45	(16)
2004	Deportivo Quito	28	(7)
2004	Universidad San Martín	15	(2)
2005–2008	El Nacional	60	(9)
Total		507	(111)
International career‡
1992–2004	Ecuador	86	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 1, 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 5, 2008

Cléber Manuel Chalá Herrón (born June 29, 1971 in Imbabura) is a retired Ecuadorian football midfielder who played 86 games for the Ecuador national team between 1992 and 2004.

Club career

At club level he has played mostly for Nacional Quito where he has made over 450 appearances and participated in 4 Ecuadorian league championship winning campaigns (1992, 1996, 2005A & 2006).

He has also played club football for Deportivo Quito and Universidad San Martín de Porres in Peru. He also had a spell in England with Southampton but never played in the first team. He was signed along with fellow countryman Agustín Delgado, but neither made an impact in English football.

International career

Chalá played for Ecuador at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and in the 1993 Copa América, 1997 Copa América and 2001 Copa América

Personal life

He was father-in-law to fellow Ecuadorian footballer Christian Benítez, who married Chalá's daughter Lizeth in 2007.

External links

• Cleber Chala Career Profile
• (Spanish) Copa America 2004 profile