Rorys Aragón

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Rorys Aragón
Personal information
Full name Rorys Andrés Aragón Espinoza
Date of birth (1982-06-28) 28 June 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Sociedad Deportivo Quito
Number 1
Youth career
1999–2002
Emelec
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2004
Emelec
110 (0)
2004–2006
El Nacional
16 (0)
2006–2009 Standard Liège 73 (0)
2009 Diyarbakırspor 10 (0)
2010
El Nacional
24 (0)
2011–
Barcelona SC
4 (0)
International career
2007– Ecuador 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:32, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:01, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Rorys Andrés Aragón Espinoza (born 28 June 1982), commonly known as Rorys Aragón, is an

Barcelona and the Ecuador national team
.

Club career

Aragon played club football for

El Nacional de Quito from 2004 to 2006, and although he wished to have more playing time, he was often watching from the sidelines, as he failed to dislodge the club's number one goalkeeper, the former national team member Geovanny Ibarra
.

He has since then been successful in joining the Belgian team, Standard Liège, although whether he was bought or loaned from Inter Milan remains a mystery. He was Standard's number one goalkeeper.

In a 2008 league match against

Diyarbakirspor
. He became the first Ecuadorian to play in Süper Lig.

He recently[

Club Deportivo El Nacional

International career

Aragon originally made a name for himself as a youngster in the unique

FEF
.

Although he has not played in either of Ecuador's FIFA World Cup appearances, he could be considered one of the country's top keepers, and his move to Europe has improved his chances of making more appearances for the Ecuador national team. He made his debut on 25 March 2007 in a friendly against the United States, followed by a game against Mexico. He has recently[when?] been recalled to the national team as an emergency replacement for the injured Marcelo Elizaga for upcoming[when?] friendly matches against Mexico and Venezuela by the new coach Reinaldo Rueda alongside Máximo Banguera.

Honours

Standard Liège

References

  1. ^ "Tribute paid to Higuita's scorpion kick". SportsScene. 19 March 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2008.
  2. ^ "Anderlecht lose in supercup". Anderlecht. Retrieved 22 April 2022.

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