Máximo Orlando Banguera Valdivieso (born 16 December 1985) is an Ecuadorian

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who plays as a

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who plays for Naranja Mekánica.

Club career

Banguera attracted attention early in his career while playing for ESPOLI in the

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. He then played with

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side

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from 2009 to 2019, making over 400 appearances and winning league titles in

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and

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

. Banguera signed with El Nacional ahead of the 2020 season after 10 years with Barcelona. However, he failed to make an appearance for the club and served as a backup to Johan Padilla. Banguera joined Delfín in September of that year. In September 2022, Banguera was given a three-game suspension for a physical altercation with Mushuc Runa player Franklin Carabalí.

International career

Bannguera won a gold medal with Ecuador at the

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. Banguera was called up to play against

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in November 2008. He played all of the ninety minutes and performed well. After

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's retirement following the

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, Banguera was consolidated as the first choice Goalkeeper for Ecuador. Due to injuries, he was only able to start a few games at the 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. Eventually losing his starting spot to Velez Sarfield's

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. Due to his declining performances even before the

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, he was eventually replaced by Ecuadorian-naturalized Goalkeepers, Librado Azcona and Esteban Dreer. Subsequently, Banguera was left out of the

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squad.

Career statistics

Honors

Barcelona *

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Personal life

Banguera is the uncle of

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youth players Malcom and Michael Dacosta.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Banguera, Maximo 1985 births Living people Footballers from Guayaquil Ecuadorian men's footballers 21st-century Ecuadorian sportsmen Ecuador men's international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers C.D. ESPOLI footballers Barcelona S.C. footballers 2011 Copa América players 2014 FIFA World Cup players Copa América Centenario players 2019 Copa América players Footballers at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Ecuador Pan American Games gold medalists in football