Personal information | |||
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Full name | Agustín Javier Delgado Chalá | ||
Date of birth | 23 December 1974 | ||
Place of birth | Ambuquí, Imbabura, Ecuador | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991–1992 | ESPOLI | 12 | (6) |
1993–1994 | Barcelona SC | ? | (25) |
1995–1996 | El Nacional | 30 | (30) |
1997–1998 | Barcelona SC | 34 | (15) |
1998 | Cruz Azul | 8 | (2) |
1999–2001 | Necaxa | 83 | (38) |
2001–2004 | Southampton | 11 | (1) |
2004 | Aucas | 13 | (7) |
2004 | UNAM | 11 | (1) |
2005 | Barcelona SC | 38 | (10) |
2006–2008 | LDU Quito | 69 | (24) |
2009 | Emelec | 8 | (0) |
2010 | Valle de Chota | 7 | (0) |
Total | 305 | (153) | |
National team | |||
1994–2006 | Ecuador | 71 | (31) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Agustín Delgado | |
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Member of the National Assembly for Imbabura Province | |
Assumed office 14 May 2013 |
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Personal details | |
Political party | PAIS Alliance |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Agustín Javier Delgado Chalá (born 23 December 1974 in Ambuquí, Imbabura) is a retired Ecuadorian footballer. Nicknamed Tín, Delgado is the all-time top scorer for the Ecuadorian national team with 31 goals in 71 games. He played professional club football in Ecuador, Mexico and England.
Delgado started his career in his native Ecuador with Club Deportivo ESPOLI in 1991 before joining Barcelona SC in 1994, where he played for one year, winning the Ecuadorian Serie A in 1995. He then joined El Nacional and again won the Ecuadorian league title, before returning to Barcelona and securing a third consecutive league winner's medal.
In 1998, Delgado moved to Mexico where he had a brief spell at Cruz Azul. He joined CONCACAF champions Necaxa in 1999 and represented the club at the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship, scoring against South Melbourne in the group stage and Real Madrid in the third-place play-off.
In late 2001, after scoring nine times as Ecuador qualified for its first World Cup, Necaxa accepted a £3.5m bid from English Premier League club Southampton.
Delgado moved to Southampton in 2001. Unfortunately, he was dogged by injuries which restricted him to only a few games during his time with the Saints. Southampton tried to get him back to fitness after the injury he picked in Necaxa prior to the 2002 World Cup Qualifiers, but to no avail.