Tilson Oswaldo Minda (born July 26, 1983) is an Ecuadorian

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who last played for

Barcelona SC 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 ...

in the

Ecuadorian Serie A The Liga Pro Betcris, simply known as the Liga Pro, or the Serie A, is a professional football league in Ecuador. At the top of the Ecuadorian football league system, it is the country's premier football competition. Contested by sixteen clubs, i ...

Club career

Oswaldo first started out at

Sociedad Deportiva Aucas Sociedad Deportiva Aucas (), also known as "Papá Aucas", is a football club based in Quito, Ecuador. They play in the top tier of Ecuadorian football and have spent the majority of their history in the top-flight Serie A. The team is amongst ...

. He remained at the club for five years before joining

Deportivo Cuenca Club Deportivo Cuenca is an Ecuadorian football club based in Cuenca. They currently play in the Serie A, the top-flight football league in the country, and is one of two clubs from Cuenca to have played in the top-flight (the other being LDU ...

. He was part of Deportivo Cuenca's campaign for the

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. His impressive performances attracted the likes of Club Sport Emelec. After Deportivo Cuenca, Oswaldo became the new high-profile signing for Emelec. He was part of Emelec's squad which participated in the 2007 Copa Libertadores. He did not get a starting position because of the many talented players on Emelec. As a result, he was sold to

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, Oswaldo had a great first season. He played in the

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where his team eventually fell to San Luis F.C. While with Quito he had a guaranteed starting position playing in central midfield. Minda formed a great partnership with

Edwin Tenorio Edwin Rolando Tenorio Montaño (born 16 June 1976) is a retired Ecuadorian football midfielder. Club career Before playing for his current club, Tenorio played for Sociedad Deportiva Aucas, Barcelona Sporting Club and LDU Quito where he was par ...

to help Deportivo Quito win the Ecuadorian Serie A 2008. Minda also helped

win the Ecuadorian Serie A in December 2011. Days later he signed with

Chivas USA Chivas USA (pronounced ''CHEE-vahs'') was an American professional soccer team based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California. The club played from 2005 to 2014 in Major League Soccer (MLS) and was a subsidiary of Mexican club C.D. G ...

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. On February 27, 2015, it was confirmed that Minda would be joining

for 2 years.

International career

Minda made his international debut for Ecuador in 2008 and was most recently called up to represent Ecuador in the

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Honors

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: 2008, 2009, 2011

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Minda, Oswaldo 1983 births Living people Footballers from Quito Association football midfielders Ecuadorian footballers Ecuador international footballers S.D. Aucas footballers C.D. Cuenca footballers C.S. Emelec footballers S.D. Quito footballers Chivas USA players Barcelona S.C. footballers 2011 Copa América players 2014 FIFA World Cup players Ecuadorian Serie A players Major League Soccer players Designated Players (MLS) Ecuadorian expatriate footballers Expatriate soccer players in the United States Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in the United States