José Francisco Cevallos
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Cevallos in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | José Francisco Cevallos Villavicencio | ||
| Date of birth | April 17, 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Ancón, Santa Elena, Ecuador | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1989 | Molinera | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–2006 | Barcelona SC | 380 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Once Caldas (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2007 | Deportivo Azogues | 40 | (0) |
| 2008–2011 | LDU Quito | 48 | (0) |
| Total | 538 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1994–2010 | Ecuador | 89 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 22, 2011. |
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| José Francisco Cevallos | |
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| Minister of Sports | |
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Assumed office May 24, 2011 |
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| President | Rafael Correa |
| Preceded by | Sandra Vela |
| Personal details | |
| Profession | Footballer |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
José Francisco Cevallos Villavicencio (born April 17, 1971 in Ancón, Santa Elena Province) is an Ecuadorian retired football goalkeeper, former Minister of Sports in Ecuador and current President of Barcelona, the football club where he started his professional career. Nicknamed Las Manos del Ecuador (English: The hands of Ecuador), Cevallos is considered by many to be the greatest goalkeeper in the history of Ecuadorian football. He has won three national titles (1991, 1995, 1997) with Guayaquil based club Barcelona, with whom he has spent the majority of his professional career. As the goalkeeper for LDU Quito, he was a key figure in the team's 2008 Copa Libertadores title, where he saved three penalties in the deciding penalty shoot-out. That same year, he was voted as the Best Goalkeeper in South America by Montevideo based newspaper El País. As a member of the national team, he has participated in four Copa Américas and Ecuador's first World Cup participation. Having represented his national team 89 times, he is the highest capped goalkeeper in the history of the team.
Cevallos join the Guayaquil-based club in 1990, and has spent most of his career there, playing over 400 league matches. He was a key figure in the club's 1991, 1995, and 1997 national titles, which gave the club their record 13 titles.
His most significant contribution to the club internationally came during the 1998 Copa Libertadores. In that season, Barcelona reached the finals for the second time in their history, but they would be the runner-up, again, after losing to Brazilian club Vasco da Gama.
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