Luis Oswaldo Gómez Cáceres (born 20 April 1972 in

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), nicknamed "El Chino" (''the Chinese'') is a retired

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

ian

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Club career

He played mostly for

Barcelona Guayaquil 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 ...

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 ...

and for LDU Quito. In

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, he played in Ferro Carril Oeste.

International career

He played for the Ecuador national football team and was a participant at the

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.2002 FIFA World Cup: Ecuador Squad
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References

1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Guayaquil Ecuadorian footballers Barcelona S.C. footballers S.D. Quito footballers Ferro Carril Oeste footballers L.D.U. Quito footballers C.D. Universidad Católica del Ecuador footballers Ecuador international footballers 2002 FIFA World Cup players 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Ecuadorian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Argentina Association football midfielders {{Ecuador-footy-midfielder-stub