Ricardo Guardia Ávila (born 4 February 1997) is a Panamanian
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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for
UMECIT FC, and the
Panama national team.
Club career
Born in
Panama City
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, Ávila started his career at
Chorrillo in 2014, making 39 appearances and scoring five goals in the
Liga Panameña over the course of two-and-a-half seasons. On 29 August 2016, he was sent on loan to Slovenian club
Koper
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, but made no official appearances before returning to Chorrillo in early 2017. On 1 July 2017, he joined Belgian club
Gent
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** K.A.A. Gent, a football club from Ghent
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, being assigned to the reserve squad.
On 24 January 2019, Ávila joined
USL Championship
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side
Real Monarchs
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on loan for their 2019 season.
International career
Ávila represented the
Panama under-20 side at the
2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
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.
He made his debut for the
senior team in 2016.
He was named in Panama's squad for the
2018 World Cup
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in Russia.
Career statistics
International
References
External links
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1997 births
Living people
Panamanian men's footballers
21st-century Panamanian sportsmen
Panama men's international footballers
Club Deportivo Universitario players
FC Koper players
K.A.A. Gent players
Real Monarchs players
USL Championship players
Slovenian PrvaLiga players
Liga Panameña de Fútbol players
Men's association football midfielders
Panamanian expatriate men's footballers
Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia
Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Footballers from Panama City
2018 FIFA World Cup players
Panama men's under-20 international footballers
Veraguas Club Deportivo players
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