Epifanio Brizuela is an Argentine former

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who played as a

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Career

Brizuela played in the Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol in 1959 with

C.S.D. Macará Club Social y Deportivo Macará is a professional association football, football club based in Ambato, Ecuador. Their home stadium is Estadio Bellavista, Bellavista, which they share with city rivals Club Deportivo Técnico Universitario, Técnico ...

. He recorded 15 goals for Macara during the 1960 season. In 1963, he played with

L.D.U. Quito Liga Deportiva Universitaria (), often referred to as Liga de Quito, LDU, is an Ecuadorian professional football club based in Quito. They play in the Serie A, the highest level of the Ecuadorian professional football league. They play their ho ...

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

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. 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.

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