Janner Hitcler Corozo Alman (born 8 September 1995) is an Ecuadorian
footballer
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who plays mainly as a
right winger
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for Ecuadorian club
Barcelona S.C.
Barcelona Sporting Club () is an Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil, known best for its professional football team. Internationally known as Barcelona de Ecuador, in Ecuador it is simply referred as Barcelona, El Idolo (BSC) or Barce. T ...
on loan from
Pachuca
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and the
Ecuador national team.
Club career
Early career
Born in
Guayaquil
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, Corozo made his senior debut with CD Juvenil Carlos Borbor Reyes in the 2012
Segunda Categoría de Santa Elena, also featuring in the national competition with the side. For the 2013, he moved to hometown side LDU Guayaquil.
In February 2014, Corozo signed for
Macará
Macará is a city in the Loja Province of Ecuador. It is the seat of the Macará Canton and is on the border between Ecuador and Peru.
The population as of a 1995 census was 11,841 and in 2009 it had an estimated population of 12,896.
It is ser ...
and was initially assigned to the under-18 side before making his first team debut during the year's
Serie B
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. In September 2014, he moved abroad after joining the under-20 team of Mexican side
Atlas
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, on loan.
Upon returning to Macará in January 2015, Corozo became a regular starter in the main squad, scoring five goals in 33 appearances. He moved on loan to
Serie A
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side
El Nacional in January 2016, and made his top tier debut on 7 February of that year by coming on as a second-half
substitute in a 2–1 home win over
Barcelona SC
Barcelona Sporting Club () is an Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil, known best for its professional football team. Internationally known as Barcelona de Ecuador, in Ecuador it is simply referred as Barcelona, El Idolo (BSC) or Barce. T ...
.
Corozo scored his first goal in the top tier of Ecuadorian football on 17 July 2016, netting the equalizer in a 3–3 home draw against
Deportivo Cuenca
Club Deportivo Cuenca is an Ecuadorian football club based in Cuenca. They currently play in the Serie A, the top-flight football league in the country, and is one of two clubs from Cuenca to have played in the top-flight (the other being LDU ...
.
Independiente del Valle
On 1 January 2017, Corozo signed for
Independiente del Valle
Club de Alto Rendimiento Especializado Independiente del Valle, known simply as Independiente del Valle, is a professional football club based in Sangolquí, Ecuador, that currently plays in the Ecuadorian Serie A.
Founded in 1958, the club play ...
, also in the top tier. In July, however, he suffered a
knee
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injury which kept him out for the remainder of
the season.
After being mainly used as a substitute during the
2018 campaign, Corozo returned to previous club Macará on 20 December 2018, on a one-year loan deal.
Delfín
On 2 January 2020,
Delfín announced the signing of Corozo. He immediately became a starter for his new side, being subsequently linked to
Emelec,
LDU Quito
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and
Barcelona
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in 2021.
Pachuca
In 2022, Corozo joined
Pachuca
Pachuca (; ote, Nju̱nthe), formally known as Pachuca de Soto, is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Hidalgo. It is located in the south-central part of the state. Pachuca de Soto is also the name of the municipality of whic ...
and was immediately loaned to
Everton de Viña del Mar
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The club was founded 24 June 1909 after a group of Anglo-Chilean teenagers formed a football club and named it after the English team Everton who had re ...
in the
Chilean Primera División
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.
International career
On 23 October 2021, Corozo was called up to the
Ecuador national team by manager
Gustavo Alfaro
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Although Alfaro had a short career as a footballer, he was captain of the Atlético de Rafaela, when th ...
for a
friendly
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against
Mexico
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. He made his full international debut four days later, starting and scoring his side's second in the 3–2 win at the
Bank of America Stadium
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in
Charlotte, North Carolina
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.
Career statistics
Club
International
References
External links
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1995 births
Living people
Footballers from Guayaquil
Ecuadorian men's footballers
Ecuadorian expatriate men's footballers
Ecuador men's international footballers
2024 Copa América players
Men's association football wingers
Ecuadorian Serie A players
Ecuadorian Serie B players
C.S.D. Macará footballers
C.D. El Nacional footballers
Independiente del Valle footballers
Delfín S.C. footballers
C.F. Pachuca players
Chilean Primera División players
Everton de Viña del Mar footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Chile