Geovanny Enrique Nazareno Simisterra (born January 17, 1988) is an

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ian footballer currently playing for

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Club career

Nazareno started with Caribe Junior. He was noticed by

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and was transferred there permanently. In the 2008 season, Nazareno was loaned out to

Deportivo Quito Sociedad Deportivo Quito is an Ecuadorian non-professional club football club based in Quito. For most of its existence, it competed in Serie A, the highest level of the Ecuadorian professional football league. And currently competes in the Seg ...

. He played in the

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and the Copa Pilsener 2008 with them. However, in mid-November, Nazareno had signed two contracts with Dep. Quito and Barcelona. He was then sent to go back to Barcelona and play for them. He scored his first goal with Barcelona in a 5–0 win against LDU de Portoviejo.

International career

Giovanny has been called up to a friendly match against

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on November 12, 2008.

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* 1988 births Living people People from Nueva Loja Association football fullbacks Ecuadorian footballers Ecuador international footballers 2011 Copa América players Barcelona S.C. footballers S.D. Quito footballers Mineros de Zacatecas players Ecuadorian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Mexico {{Ecuador-footy-defender-stub