José Luis Cortez (born November 21, 1979, in

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) is an

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ian footballer currently playing for Club Deportivo Quevedo.

Club career

Pépe's first started out at

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. In 2005, he was loaned to

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, but returned to Espoli the following season. Cortez also played for

Deportivo Azogues Deportivo Azogues was an Ecuadorian football club based in Azogues. It played in the Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after ...

before transferring to Barcelona Sporting Club for the 2007 campaign. After spending one year in Barcelona SC, he became the new official player of

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 ...

. In Deportivo Quito, Pépe had a great season. So far he has 34 appearances scoring two goals for the club. He played in the

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where his team eventually fell to

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He is guaranteed a starting position and plays in the center midfield. Cortez is a key player to Dep. Quito and he is often called to the national team. In December 2008, Dep. Quito won the Copa Pilsener 2008 with Pépe's help.

International career

He made his debut on the national team against Chile in the final game of the FIFA 2006 World Cup qualifier. He was called up to play against

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and

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in a friendly tournament.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cortez, Jose Luis 1979 births Living people Footballers from Guayaquil Ecuadorian men's footballers Ecuador men's international footballers Men's association football defenders C.D. ESPOLI footballers S.D. Aucas footballers Deportivo Azogues footballers Barcelona S.C. footballers S.D. Quito footballers C.D. Universidad Católica del Ecuador footballers C.S.D. Independiente del Valle footballers C.S.D. Macará footballers C.D. Quevedo footballers