Ulises De la Cruz
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| Member of the National Assembly for Carchi Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Assumed office 14 May 2013 |
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8 February 1974 Piquiucho, Carchi, Ecuador |
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| Political party | PAIS Alliance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Association football career
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| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1994 | Deportivo Quito | 86 | (6) |
| 1995–1997 | Barcelona S.C. | 14 | (0) |
| 1996 | → Aucas (loan) | 32 | (3) |
| 1997 | → LDU Quito (loan) | 34 | (4) |
| 1998–2001 | LDU Quito | 94 | (16) |
| 1999 | → Cruzeiro (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Barcelona S.C. (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Hibernian | 32 | (2) |
| 2002–2006 | Aston Villa | 89 | (1) |
| 2006–2008 | Reading | 15 | (1) |
| 2009 | Birmingham City | 1 | (0) |
| 2009–2012 | LDU Quito | 117 | (14) |
| Total | 526 | (47) | |
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| 1995–2010 | Ecuador | 101 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 February 2013. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 06:01, 25 August 2012 (UTC) |
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Ulises Hernán de la Cruz Bernardo (born 8 February 1974 in Piquiucho) is a retired Ecuadorian footballer, who since 2013 has been a member of his country's National Assembly for the governing PAIS Alliance.
He played 101 times for the Ecuador national football team between 1995 and 2010, and was selected for two FIFA World Cup tournaments. He spent his club career at Deportivo Quito, Barcelona S.C., Aucas, Cruzeiro, Hibernian, Aston Villa, Reading and Birmingham City.
De la Cruz has set up a charity, Friends of FundeCruz, in his home village to fund a number of projects serving the local community.
De la Cruz's first team was the Ecuadorian side Sociedad Deportivo Quito, for whom he started playing at the age of 16 in the junior division and later the professional division. Nonetheless, De la Cruz's breakthrough season was with LDU Quito in 1998. He scored three goals in the final against Emelec (7–0).
Alex McLeish, the manager of Scottish Premier League club Hibernian, watched de la Cruz play in international matches for Ecuador, and then signed him in June 2001 for a club record fee of £700,000. De la Cruz scored two goals for Hibs, both coming in an Edinburgh derby match against Hibs' local rivals Hearts. He only played for Hibs in one season before he was sold after de la Cruz played in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. De la Cruz said before the tournament that he wanted to use the World Cup as a showcase, desiring a move to Spain or Italy.
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