Kevin Bryan Mercado Lima (born 28 January 1995) is an Ecuadorian professional

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for

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who plays as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Mercado joined Academía Alfaro Moreno in 2005, aged ten. In 2011, he moved to giants

LDU 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 ...

, initially assigned to the youth setup. On 11 August 2012, Mercado played his first match as a professional, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–0 away draw against Técnico Universitario, for the

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championship. He scored his first professional goal on 12 May of the following year, netting his side's only in a 1–1 home draw against

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. On 25 July 2014, Mercado and teammate

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joined

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, being assigned to the reserves in

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. On 13 February of the following year he was loaned to Godoy Cruz, until December. On 7 December 2015, it was confirmed, that Mercado had signed a loan deal with CA Sarmiento, short after his return from another loan move. On 2 February 2017 his loan to Sarmiento was ended and he was sent on loan to Bulgarian club

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for 1 year.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mercado, Kevin 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Guayaquil Ecuadorian footballers Association football forwards Ecuadorian Serie A players Segunda División B players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Liga MX players L.D.U. Quito footballers Club Recreativo Granada players Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba footballers Club Atlético Sarmiento footballers PFC CSKA Sofia players C.D. Universidad Católica del Ecuador footballers Club Necaxa footballers 2015 South American Youth Football Championship players Ecuadorian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Argentina Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate footballers in Mexico Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico