Iván Jacinto Hurtado Angulo (born 16 August 1974) is an
Ecuador
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ian politician and former professional
footballer
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who played as a
centre back
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Defenders fall into four main categ ...
.
Hurtado participated at six
Copa América
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s and two
FIFA World Cup
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s. With 168 international appearances for
Ecuador
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between 1992 and 2014, he is considered one of the best Ecuadorian players of all time and was the most capped South American male footballer until
Lionel Messi
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overtook him during the
2022 FIFA World Cup
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. He is also the
17th-most-capped male international footballer.
In 2013, Hurtado entered
politics
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and was elected for the
PAIS Alliance
The Revolutionary and Democratic Ethical Green Movement (, MOVER) was a centre to centre-right neoliberal political party in Ecuador. In 2016, it had 979,691 members. Until 2021 it was known as the PAIS Alliance (Proud and Sovereign Homeland) (P ...
.
Club career
Hurtado started his career with the small club of his hometown,
Esmeraldas Petrolero
Club Social, Cultural y Deportivo Esmeraldas Petrolero is a sports club based in Esmeraldas, Ecuador. It is best known for its professional football team, which has since folded after the 2017/2018 season.
The club was founded on December 29, ...
, at the age of 16. A year later he moved on to one of Ecuador's biggest clubs in
Guayaquil
Guayaquil (), officially Santiago de Guayaquil, is the largest city in Ecuador and also the nation's economic capital and main port. The city is the capital (political), capital of Guayas Province and the seat of Guayaquil Canton. The city is ...
,
Emelec, and had two stellar seasons, including two championships with the club, in one of them he scored the championship goal with a free kick he executed.
His excellent play warranted a switch to the Mexican leagues where he even further developed his defending techniques and his intelligent reading of the game. Ivan made a big impact in his first club,
Celaya
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, where he led them to the Mexican league finals. He then moved to
Tigres. He then moved on to the
La Liga
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in Spain playing for Real Murcia.
After a mostly successful spell with
Pachuca
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in
Primera División de México
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, he moved on to
Al Arabi in the
Qatari League
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, impressing many over there.
After the
FIFA World Cup
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in Germany, where Hurtado shone, it was reported that high-profile clubs such as English
Premier League
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's
Wigan Athletic
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Founded in 1932, they have p ...
, and Spanish
La Liga
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's
Recreativo Huelva
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and
Villarreal
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The town is located at 42 m above sea level, 7 km to the south of the province's capital ( ...
were highly interested in him. However, none of these rumors were accurate, and after spending six more months with
Al Arabi, Hurtado moved to
Colombia
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where he played for
Atlético Nacional
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, he led the defence of the team, becoming captain in the back-to-back titles in 2007. In mid-2009, he returned to
Deportivo Quito
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for the remainder of their season.
In 2011, he returned to play for
Barcelona SC
Barcelona Sporting Club (), internationally known as Barcelona de Guayaquil, is an Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil, known best for its professional football team. They currently play in the Ecuadorian Serie A, the highest level of fo ...
for one year, then he finished his career with
Grecia in 2012.
International career
Hurtado made his senior international debut on 24 May 1992 in a
friendly against
Guatemala
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at the
Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores
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in
Guatemala City
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; the game ended 1-1, with Hurtado conceding a penalty. At just 17 years and 285 days, he became the youngest player ever to play for Ecuador.
Hurtado was one of the key players who played a major role in securing a first-ever
World Cup
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berth for Ecuador in
2002
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. He had such an impressive tournament, that he was appointed to succeed former Ecuadorian star
Alex Aguinaga
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to be the captain of a new generation of an ever-improving Ecuador side.
His best performances came in
Ecuador
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's dream tournament in the
2006 FIFA World Cup
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. His defence left stars such as Polish forward
Jacek Krzynowek
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, Costa Rican striker
Paulo Wanchope
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As a player he was a striker who notably ...
, and English players
Wayne Rooney
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,
Joe Cole
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and
Steven Gerrard
Steven George Gerrard MBE (born 30 May 1980) is an English professional football manager and a former player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time and one of Liverpool's greatest ever players,[Ecuador
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at the
2007 Copa América
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, where his performance was very poor and criticised by many of his countrymen as the main reason for Ecuador's early elimination. Hurtado started the first two games against
Chile
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and
Mexico
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but was on the bench the whole game against
Brazil
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.
Upon making his 143rd international appearance on 10 September 2007 in a friendly against El Salvador, Hurtado became the most-capped South American footballer of all time, surpassing
Cafu
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's record of 142 caps for Brazil. Hurtado was also called up for the first two
2010 World Cup qualifiers
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against
Venezuela
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and
Brazil
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, miserably losing both matches. As a consequence, he along with teammate
Ulises de la Cruz
Ulises Hernán de la Cruz Bernardo (born 8 February 1974) is an Ecuadorian retired footballer, who since 2013 has been a member of his country's National Assembly for the governing Mover.
A defender, he played 101 times for the Ecuador nat ...
, was excluded from the squad for the next round against
Paraguay
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. Hurtado announced that this would be his final qualifying campaign and possibly the World Cup should Ecuador qualify. He stated, "There are a crop of talented and personable youngsters coming through now, and they deserve to have their chance like I had mine."
Hurtado has appeared in more
FIFA World Cup
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qualification matches than any other player in history, though his record for most overall international caps by a South American player was surpassed by
Lionel Messi
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in December 2022.
Playing style
Once a top class defender, with good technique and an ability to read the game, he is known in Spanish by his fans as "
Bam Bam" for ramming the football with his feet like the Hanna-Barbera character does with his club. Ivan's playing style differs from his national partner,
Giovanny Espinoza. While Espinoza is a very large player who uses his size, power and speed to overwhelm his adversary, Hurtado is considered to be very classy and often needs no contact at all to dispossess his adversary. Ivan also makes very clean tackles, organizes his back line as well as the best of them, and can even display confidence with the ball at his feet, and he can occasionally make surprising dashes forward.
A notable long and short passer, Hurtado has also taken free kicks well. Although not able to the bend the ball as well as other notable free kick takers, he has been known to strike the ball with such force that goalkeepers find it hard to judge and time his shots.
Political career
At the
2013 Ecuadorian general election
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, Hurtado was chosen as member of the
National Assembly
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for the National Constituency. Hurtado serves as member of
PAIS Alliance
The Revolutionary and Democratic Ethical Green Movement (, MOVER) was a centre to centre-right neoliberal political party in Ecuador. In 2016, it had 979,691 members. Until 2021 it was known as the PAIS Alliance (Proud and Sovereign Homeland) (P ...
.
Agustín Delgado
Agustín Javier Delgado Chalá (born 23 December 1974) is an Ecuadorian politician and former professional footballer who played as a forward. Nicknamed ''El Tín'', he was the all-time top scorer for the Ecuador national team with 31 goals ...
and
Ulises de la Cruz
Ulises Hernán de la Cruz Bernardo (born 8 February 1974) is an Ecuadorian retired footballer, who since 2013 has been a member of his country's National Assembly for the governing Mover.
A defender, he played 101 times for the Ecuador nat ...
, former teammates of Hurtado at the national team, also serve for the Pais Alliance in the National Assembly.
Career statistics
International goals
Honours
Emelec
*
Ecuadorian Serie A
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:
1993
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* International Year for the World's Indigenous People
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, 1994
Atlético Nacional
*
Primera A:
2007
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Events
January
* January 1
**Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
Ecuador
*
Canada Cup
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:
1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
Events January
* January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers.
* January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
*
Korea Cup
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History
The Korea Cup was created with the name ''President of Sout ...
:
1995
1995 was designated as:
* United Nations Year for Tolerance
* World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
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See also
*
List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
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References
External links
International statisticsat the
RSSSF
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*
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1974 births
Living people
Footballers from Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Ecuadorian men's footballers
FIFA Men's Century Club
Men's association football central defenders
Ecuador men's international footballers
Ecuadorian expatriate men's footballers
1993 Copa América players
1995 Copa América players
1999 Copa América players
2001 Copa América players
2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
2002 FIFA World Cup players
2004 Copa América players
2006 FIFA World Cup players
2007 Copa América players
La Liga players
C.S. Emelec footballers
Celaya F.C. footballers
Tigres UANL footballers
Querétaro F.C. footballers
Barcelona S.C. footballers
Real Murcia CF players
C.F. Pachuca players
Al-Arabi SC (Qatar) players
Al Ahli SC (Doha) players
Atlético Nacional footballers
Millonarios F.C. players
S.D. Quito footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia
Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
Ecuadorian Serie A players
Categoría Primera A players
Liga MX players
Qatar Stars League players
Members of the second National Assembly (Ecuador)
PAIS Alliance politicians
Ecuadorian sportsperson-politicians
Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Colombia
Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar
Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar