Frickson Erazo

Frickson Rafael Erazo Vivero (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈfɾikson eˈɾaso]; born 5 May 1988) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Barcelona SC. He is a member of the Ecuadorian national team.

Frickson Erazo
Personal information
Full name Frickson Rafael Erazo Vivero
Date of birth (1988-05-05) 5 May 1988
Place of birth Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Centre Back
Club information
Current team
 Barcelona SC
Youth career
2005–2007 El Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 El Nacional 68 (2)
2007 → Técnico Universitario (loan) 3 (0)
2012–2015 Barcelona SC 83 (2)
2014 → Flamengo (loan) 2 (0)
2015 → Grêmio (loan) 23 (2)
2016–2018 Atlético Mineiro 22 (0)
2018 → Vasco da Gama (loan) 5 (0)
2018– Barcelona SC 0 (0)
National team‡
2011– Ecuador 64 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 January 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2018
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Erazo and the second or maternal family name is Vivero.

Club career

El Nacional

Erazo began his professional playing career at El Nacional, where he spent six seasons. He then joined Barcelona SC in January 2012.[1]

Barcelona SC

He made his Barcelona SC debut on 2 February 2012 against Deportivo Cuenca and won 3–1. He scored his first goal for the club against LDU Quito on 29 April 2012 in a 2–2 draw. He helped Barcelona SC become Ecuadorian Serie A champions that season, the club's first league title since 1997. This league title was also the first honour in Erazo's career.[1] [2]

Flamengo

In January 2014, Erazo moved to Brazilian side Flamengo.[3] He made his debut on 2 February 2014 in a 5-2 Campeonato Carioca win over Macaé, but was sent off during the match.[3][4] Erazo played a further five Campeonato Carioca matches (the annual football championship of Rio de Janeiro) matches for Flamengo,[3] helping them to the state title.[5]

Grêmio

On 17 January 2015 it was confirmed Erazo would join Grêmio on loan for an entire year.[6]

On 9 December 2015, it was confirmed that Erazo came to terms with Grêmio and parted ways due to economical problems of the team.[7]

Atlético Mineiro

On 2 January 2016, it was confirmed that Erazo would be joining Atlético Mineiro.[8]

Barcelona SC

In mid 2018, Erazo returned to Barcelona SC. However he was not able to play due to an inconvenience with Atlético Mineiro (at that time the club who owned his sports rights).[9] On 19 February 2019 his agent announced, that the player would be registered for the 2019 season.[9] However, the player had not yet made his debut nine months after joining the club and went out to medias and said, that he was very surprised by the situation.[10]

International career

Erazo made his debut for the Ecuador national football team on 20 April 2011 in a friendly match against Argentina [11] Erazo scored his first goal for Ecuador on 7 June 2011 in a 1–1 draw against Greece played at Citi Field, New York City, United States.[12] Erazo was selected for Ecuador's squad to take part in the 2011 Copa América held in Argentina. He played in all three group games, but with Ecuador failing to win any, they were eliminated at the first stage.[13][14]

He has made 45 international appearances and was in Ecuador's 23 men squad for the 2014 World Cup.[15]

International goals
Scores and results list Ecuador's goal tally first.[16]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreFinalCompetition
1.8 June 2011Citi Field, New York City, United States Greece1–11–1International friendly
2.8 October 2015El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina Argentina1–02–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours
Barcelona SC
Flamengo
Atlético Mineiro

References
  1. MirrorFootball (27 June 2013). "Southampton transfer news: Frickson Erazo, who the Frick is the Southampton target and what will he bring to St Mary's? - Mirror Football - Mirror Online". Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  2. "Frickson Erazo sounded out by United". MUFC Latest. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  3. "Ecuador - F. Erazo - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  4. webcorpec.com (3 February 2014). "Frickson Erazo expulsado en su debut con el Flamengo". Planetamarillo.com. Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  5. MacLennan, Stuart (14 April 2014). "Frickson Erazo so relieved after Flamengo Carioca triumph". Sambafoot.com. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  6. http://www.ecuaigol.com/ecuagol/index.php?n=64744%5B%5D
  7. http://www.ecuagol.com/ecuagol/index.php?n=84116
  8. http://www.ecuagol.com/ecuagol/index.php?n=85474
  9. Frickson Erazo será habilitado por Barcelona SC para la presente temporada, eluniverso.com, 19 February 2019
  10. Frickson Erazo no entiende por qué no tiene minutos en Barcelona SC, eluniverso.com, 26 April 2019
  11. "Frickson ERAZO". M.fifa.com. 10 June 2014. Archived from the original on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  12. Bossert, Jerry (7 June 2011). "Greece and Ecuador attract near-sellout crowd for 1-1 draw at inaugural Citi Field soccer match". NY Daily News. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  13. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=59710&season_id=141
  14. http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/copaamerica/story/brazil-4-2-ecuador-group-b-alexandre-pato-neymar-double-recap-071311
  15. "Penpix of likely Ecuador squad for World Cup finals". Reuters. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  16. "Erazo, Frickson". National Football Teams. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
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