Frickson Rafael Erazo Vivero (; born 5 May 1988) is a retired Ecuadorian professional footballer who played as a centre back for Club 9 de Octubre. He is a member of the Ecuador national team.

Club career

El Nacional

Erazo began his professional playing career at El Nacional, where he spent six seasons. He then joined

Barcelona SC Barcelona Sporting Club () is an Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil, known best for its professional football team. Internationally known as Barcelona de Ecuador, in Ecuador it is simply referred as Barcelona, El Idolo (BSC) or Barce. T ...

in January 2012.

Barcelona SC

He made his

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.

Flamengo

In January 2014, Erazo moved to Brazilian side Flamengo. He made his debut on 2 February 2014 in a 5-2

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win over Macaé, but was sent off during the match. Erazo played a further five Campeonato Carioca matches (the annual football championship of Rio de Janeiro) matches for Flamengo, helping them to the state title.

Grêmio

On 17 January 2015 it was confirmed Erazo would join Grêmio on loan for an entire year. On 9 December 2015, it was confirmed that Erazo came to terms with Grêmio and parted ways due to economical problems of the team.

Atlético Mineiro

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

Barcelona SC

In mid 2018, Erazo returned to

. However he was not able to play due to an inconvenience with Atlético Mineiro (at that time the club who owned his sports rights).Frickson Erazo será habilitado por Barcelona SC para la presente temporada
eluniverso.com, 19 February 2019 On 19 February 2019 his agent announced, that the player would be registered for the 2019 season. 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.

Retirement

After a spell at

9 de Octubre 9 de Octubre Fútbol Club, simply referred to as Nueve (9) de Octubre, is a sports club based in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The club is best known for its football team. Founded in 1912, the club's name commemorates the date the city of Guayaquil decla ...

, Erazo announced his retirement from football on 13 February 2021.

International career

Erazo made his debut for the Ecuador national football team on 20 April 2011 in a friendly match against Argentina 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. Erazo was selected for Ecuador's squad to take part in the

2011 Copa América The 2011 Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América, better known as the 2011 Copa América or the Copa América 2011 Argentina, was the 43rd edition of the Copa América, the main international football tournament for national teams in South Americ ...

held in Argentina. He played in all three group games, but with Ecuador failing to win any, they were eliminated at the first stage. He has made 45 international appearances and was in Ecuador's 23 men squad for the

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Ecuador's goal tally first.''

Honours

;Barcelona SC * Serie A:

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;Flamengo *

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;Atlético Mineiro *

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;9 de Octubre * Ecuadorian Serie B:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Erazo, Frickson 1988 births Living people Ecuadorian footballers Ecuadorian expatriate footballers Ecuador international footballers Sportspeople from Esmeraldas, Ecuador C.D. El Nacional footballers C.D. Técnico Universitario footballers Barcelona S.C. footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players CR Flamengo footballers Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players Clube Atlético Mineiro players CR Vasco da Gama players Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate footballers in Brazil 2011 Copa América players 2014 FIFA World Cup players 2015 Copa América players Copa América Centenario players Association football defenders