Erick Steven Ferigra Burnham (born 7 February 1999) is an Ecuadorean professional

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who plays as a

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for Liga Portugal 2 club

Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira () is a city in the Porto District, in the north of Portugal. The population of the city in 2011 was 7491, while its municipality had 56,340 inhabitants, in an area of 70.99 km². Sometimes referred to as the ''Capital do ...

Club career

Ferigra began his career with Kelme, then the

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academy. In 2017, he moved to Italy with

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, then

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, with Barcelona receiving 15% of the transfer fee. Ferigra made his competitive debut for Torino on 12 August 2018 in a 4–0 home win against

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in the

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. On 5 August 2019, he joined

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club

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on loan. On 7 June 2021, Ferigra returned to Spain after signing a three-year contract with

UD Las Palmas Unión Deportiva Las Palmas, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Las Palmas, on the island of Gran Canaria in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded on 22 August 1949, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at the ...

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. On 23 August of the following year, he terminated his link and moved to

in Portugal.

International career

He made his national team debut on 8 October 2020 in a

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game against

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Personal life

Ferigra has a Spanish passport allowing him to count as an EU player.

Honours

Torino *

Coppa Italia Primavera The Coppa Italia Primavera (Italian for Spring Italian Cup) is an Italian football competition played by youth teams from Campionato Primavera. All players are under 20 of age. The first edition was held in the 1972–73 season. Due to sponsorshi ...

: 2017–18 *

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: 2018

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* 1999 births Living people Footballers from Guayaquil Ecuadorian men's footballers Ecuador men's international footballers Spanish men's footballers Ecuadorian emigrants to Spain Men's association football defenders Men's association football central defenders Torino FC players Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players UD Las Palmas players F.C. Paços de Ferreira players Serie B players Segunda División players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Ecuadorian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal {{Ecuador-footy-defender-stub