Luis Alberto "Kunty" Caicedo Medina (born 11 May 1992) is an Ecuadorian professional

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who plays as a central defender.

Club career

Caicedo played for Independiente del Valle, playing a crucial part in defense as the team finished runners-up in the

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. In December 2016 Caicedo signed a five-year deal for Brazilian side Cruzeiro.

Disciplinary

In October 2016 Caicedo was suspended for three matches while playing for Independiente for cursing at a referee after a match against Emelec. Afterwards Caicedo claimed that it was the referee who initiated the confrontation and allegedly insulted and made racist remarks about Caidedo's

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ethnicity. In a match that same month on 11 October in a world cup qualifying match against

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Caicedo was sent off on his second international cap for picking up two yellow cards. In another world cup qualifying match against on 28 March 2017 Caicedo was again sent off for two bookable offenses as Ecuador lost 0–2.

Honours

;LDU Quito *

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* * 1992 births Living people Footballers from Guayaquil Ecuadorian men's footballers Ecuador men's international footballers Ecuadorian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Independiente del Valle footballers Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players Barcelona S.C. footballers C.D. Veracruz footballers L.D.U. Quito footballers Ecuadorian Serie A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Liga MX players Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico {{Ecuador-footy-defender-stub