Ebelio Agustín Ordóñez Martínez (born November 3, 1973) is an

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ian former professional

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who played as a striker.

Club career

Ordoñez was born in Esmeraldas. He started playing professionally for 9 de Octubre. He spent about a year playing there and already got interest from many teams because of his versatile position. He was sold to

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in the 1994 season. For the next season he moved to play to Tecnico Universitario, where he had a solid campaign scoring 7 goals. He was sold El Nacional becoming one of the best center forwards in Ecuador, scoring more than 70 goals with los puros criollos. He then moved to Emelec, where he had few minutes and he did not scored either. After that frustrating campaign he moved to

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, and helped the team win its first championship in 60 years, scoring 2 goals in 25 matches.

International career

Ordoñez has played for the

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since 1996, appearing in 19 matches, debuting against

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. He has played in the 2001 and 2004

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and several games in the

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qualifying rounds for 1998, 2002 and 2006.

Honors

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References

External links

Ordóñez's FEF player card
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ordonez, Ebelio 1973 births Living people Sportspeople from Esmeraldas, Ecuador Association football forwards Ecuadorian footballers Ecuador international footballers 2001 Copa América players 2004 Copa América players C.D. Técnico Universitario footballers C.D. El Nacional footballers Pudong Zobon players C.S. Emelec footballers S.D. Quito footballers Club Olimpia footballers S.D. Aucas footballers Ecuadorian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Paraguay Expatriate footballers in China Ecuadorian Serie A players Paraguayan Primera División players China League One players