Marcelo Elizaga

Marcelo Elizaga

Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Ramón Elizaga Ferrero
Date of birth	(1972-04-19) April 19, 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	Morón, Argentina
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1998	Nueva Chicago	98	(0)
1998–2000	Lanús	41	(0)
2000–2004	Quilmes	104	(0)
2005–2010	Emelec	223	(0)
2011–2012	Deportivo Quito	33	(0)
Total		502	(0)
International career‡
2007–2012	Ecuador	23	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 December 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 May 2010

Marcelo Ramón Elizaga Ferrero (born April 19, 1972) is an

.

Club career

Elizaga started his career in 1992 for

Primera Division Argentina

.

In 2000, he joined

Emelec

he has received awards including Goalkeeper of the Year in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009 from the Ecuadorian Championship.

Elizaga became a citizen of Ecuador after declaring his intention of playing in the international stage. He has also stated that he has a love for his new country.

Emelec

He arrived to

's best player helping the club avoid relegation for the second season in a row, and winning his second best goalkeeper of the year award in a row.

Six years later he remains in the club despite many opportunities to leave and he is its captain and fan favourite. He has openly declared his intentions of retiring playing for

and in 2009 when they finished third in the Ecuadorian tournament.

In 2010, Elizaga helped

could not score more than two goals in the final match, so Liga won the championship (Emelec lost the away match 2–0, so had to win at least 2–0 to secure penalty definition, but only scored one goal).

On 30 December 2010, Elizaga left

In December 2011, Elizaga won the national championship with his new club Deportivo Quito, winning the title against his past team

Emelec

, playing the two finals and keeping a clean sheet.

International career

He made his international debut in May 2007 with

's penalty. They were eliminated 1–0.

Elizaga later got called up for the 3rd and 4th rounds of the FIFA World Cup Qualification in the CONMEBOL region against Paraguay and Peru. Elizaga kept the Peruvians off the scoreboard until he was substituted off. He did not receive a call up for a while but is being put back on the line-up and has demonstrated good showings including Ecuador's victory over Colombia at Giants Stadium, where he stopped a penalty kick as well as the rebound.

He continually receives call-ups for the national team, often as a back-up for

) after bringing down an Uruguyan striker in the last minutes of the game, resulting in a 1–2 loss.

In 2011, he was called up once again to guard Ecuador's goal posts, this time during the

played in Argentina.

References

External links

• Marcelo Elizaga – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Marcelo Elizaga at National-Football-Teams.com
• Marcelo Elizaga at BDFA (in Spanish)