Epifanio Brizuela is an Argentine former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People *Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Smal ...

Career

Brizuela played in the Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol in 1959 with C.S.D. Macará. He recorded 15 goals for Macara during the 1960 season. In 1963, he played with

L.D.U. Quito Liga Deportiva Universitaria () is an Ecuadorian professional football club (association football), football club based in Quito. They play in the Ecuadorian Serie A, Serie A, the highest level of the Ecuadorian professional football league. Th ...

, and finished as the club's top goal scorer in the Interandino tournament. In 1964, he played abroad in the

Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League The Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League was a soccer league in Canada. The league operated for six seasons from 1961 to 1966 across four cities in two Canadian provinces and one American state. In the 1960s, the Eastern Canada Professional ...

with Montréal Italica. He was later released and signed a contract with Montreal Cantalia of the

National Soccer League The National Soccer League (NSL) was the top-level soccer league in Australia, run by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL, the A-League's predecessor, spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977 until its ...

. He returned to his former club Montreal Italica for the 1966 ECPSL season. In 1967, he played in the Quebec Major Soccer League with Montreal Portuguese. The following season he signed with league rivals Montreal Spania. He re-signed with Spania for the 1969 season. He finished second in the league scoring charts with ten goals during the 1970 season. He continued playing with Spania for three more seasons from 1971 till the 1973 season.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brizuela, Epifanio Date of birth missing (living people) Men's association football forwards Argentine men's footballers C.S.D. Macará footballers L.D.U. Quito footballers Ecuadorian Serie A players Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League players Canadian National Soccer League players Living people Argentine expatriate men's footballers