Alexander Domínguez

Alexander Domínguez Carabalí (born June 5, 1987) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Vélez Sarsfield of the Argentine Primera División.[2]

Alexander Domínguez
Domínguez with Ecuador in 2015
Personal information
Full name Alexander Domínguez Carabalí
Date of birth (1987-06-05) 5 June 1987
Place of birth Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Vélez Sarsfield
Number 22
Youth career
2006 Esmeraldas Club
2006–2009 L.D.U. Quito
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2016 L.D.U. Quito 292 (0)
2016–2018 Monterrey 9 (0)
2017–2018 → Colón (loan) 27 (0)
2018– Vélez Sarsfield 12 (0)
National team‡
2011– Ecuador 52 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 13, 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of June 24, 2019
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Domínguez and the second or maternal family name is Carabalí.

Club career

LDU Quito

Domínguez played for L.D.U. Quito from 2006 to 2016, taking over the starting spot from José Francisco Cevallos. He won two Ecuadorian Serie A titles, the 2009 Copa Sudamericana, the 2009 Recopa Sudamericana and the 2010 Recopa Sudamericana .[3]

Domínguez is one of the top 300 goalkeepers in the world, the third highest ranked Ecuadorian, and the highest ranked active Ecuadorian in terms of time spent without conceding a goal. From 2 September 2007 to 28 October 2007, he went 719 minutes without conceding a goal. He is nicknamed "Dida", after the Brazilian keeper of the same name.[4]

Monterrey

On June 22, 2016, it was confirmed that Domínguez would be joining Monterrey.[5]

International career

Domínguez is a former Ecuadorian youth international, who represented the country at the 2007 South American U-20 Championship.[3]

Domínguez received his first call-ups for the senior Ecuador national football team in May 2010 for friendlies against Mexico and South Korea. However, he remained an unused substitute. Because of club-related commitments, he would not receive another call-up until February 2011 for a friendly against Honduras. Again, he was an unused substitute. Manager Reinaldo Rueda finally gave Domínguez his first cap on 26 March 2011 in a 2–0 friendly defeat to Colombia.[3] At the 2011 Copa América, he served as back-up to Marcelo Elizaga.

He established himself as Ecuador's first choice goalkeeper during the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, making 12 appearances for La Tri.[3]

On June 2014, Domínguez was named in Ecuador's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[6] On 15 June, he made his FIFA World Cup debut in a 2–1 defeat to Switzerland at the Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha in Brasília.[7]

On June 25, 2014, Domínguez was named Man of the Match vs. France in Ecuador's final match at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Domínguez kept a clean sheet and stopped shots from the likes of Karim Benzema, Paul Pogba, and Olivier Giroud.[8][9][10]

Honors

L.D.U. Quito

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References
  1. Vélez Sarsfield Player card
  2. "Alexander Domínguez, nuevo arquero de Vélez". Vélez Sarsfield. 25 June 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  3. "Alexander DOMINGUEZ". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  4. Gruber, Alex (1 July 2014). "Forecasting the Future of the Ecuador National Football Team". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  5. "Alexander Domínguez fichó por el Monterrey del fútbol mexicano". 22 June 2016.
  6. "World Cup 2014: Antonio Valencia is named in Ecuador squad". BBC. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  7. "Switzerland 2-1 Ecuador". BBC Sport. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-11. Retrieved 2014-06-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. "Eurosport".
  10. "Mundial Brasil 2014: Alexander Domínguez brilló ante Francia". 25 June 2014.
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