Daniel Jimmy Viteri Vinces (born December 12, 1981, in

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) is an

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an footballer.

Club career

Viteri began his club career at

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-based club Emelec. He later moved to Deportivo Quito. At both clubs, he defended their goals prolifically. In 2008, he moved to then national champions L.D.U. Quito. At the club, he was the back-up to legendary goalkeeper José Francisco Cevallos. As a result, he saw little playing time, but was the reserve goalkeeper for the squads that won the

2008 Copa Libertadores The 2008 Copa Libertadores de América was the 49th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier annual international club tournament. This marked the first year the competition was sponsored by Spanish bank Santander. As such, the compe ...

, 2009 Recopa Sudamericana, and the

2009 Copa Sudamericana The 2009 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes (officially the 2009 Copa Nissan Sudamericana de Clubes for sponsorship reasons) is the 8th edition of the CONMEBOL's secondary international club tournament. Internacional were the defending champions, having ...

. In 2010, he moved back to Guayaquil, this time to play for

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. For 2011, he will return to L.D.U. Quito.

International career

He has played for the

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and was a participant at the

2002 FIFA World Cup The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial football world championship for men's national teams organized by FIFA. It was held from 31 May to 30 June 2002 at sites in South Korea an ...

. Then coach Luis Fernando Suarez called Viteri up for the first 2 matches of the CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifiers in 2007 after injuries to both Marcelo Elizaga and Javier Klimowicz. He played the full matches against Venezuela and Brazil, respectively, losing both matches. Against Venezuela, Viteri failed to reach a half-field free-kick by Jose Manuel Rey. It proved to be the game-winner in the shock 1-0 upset at home. He has not been called up since.

Honors

Emelec *

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: 2001, 2002 L.D.U. Quito * Copa Libertadores:

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* Copa Sudamericana: 2009 * Recopa Sudamericana: 2009

References

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Player's FEF Card

(El Comercio article)
1981 births Living people Ecuadorian men's footballers Ecuador men's international footballers 2002 FIFA World Cup players Men's association football goalkeepers C.S. Emelec footballers S.D. Quito footballers L.D.U. Quito footballers Barcelona S.C. footballers Guayaquil City F.C. footballers Copa Libertadores-winning players Footballers from Guayaquil {{Ecuador-footy-goalkeeper-stub