Luis Caicedo

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Luis Alberto Caicedo Medina(also known as Kunty Caicedo) is an Ecuadorian football player who plays for the Mexican Liga MX club Veracruz. He was born on the 11^th of May, 1992 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. This 27-years-old football player plays the position of Centre Back for the team. He also plays Right-back and Defensive midfield for his team.

The career of Luis Caicedo

Caicedo played for the Independiente del Valle during his youth career from 2010 to 2016. He played a crucial part in defence to help the team achieve the position of runner-up in the 2016 Copa Libertadores. Luis signed a five-year deal with the Brazilian side Cruzeiro in December of 2016. He made a total of 178 league appearances and scored two league goals with the Independiente DV.

Caicedo made a total of 15 league appearances for the Cruzeiro from 2017-18. He then went to Barcelona SC where he made a total of 23 league appearances. He then joined the Mexican Liga MX club Veracruz on a loan where he made 3 league appearances. Luis has also played for the country internationally. He was in the National Team and has made a total of 8 appearances for Ecuador’s Men National team.

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Caicedo got a suspension for three matches in October of 2016 while he was playing for Independiente for cursing a referee after a match against Emelec, a sports club based in Guayaquil. He later claimed that the referee initiated the fight and allegedly insulted and made racist remarks about Caicedo’s Afro-Ecuadorian ethnicity.

Caicedo was again sent off on the 11^th of October on a match against Bolivia in a world qualifying match. It was his second international cap for picking up two yellow cards. He was again sent off on another world qualifying match on 28^th of March, 2017 for two bookable offenses as Ecuador lost 0-2. Caicedo’s current market value is around 1 million euros, 1.40 million euros as per the 30^th of December, 2016.