Aníbal Hernán Chalá Ayoví (born 9 May 1996) is an Ecuadorian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Ecuadorian Serie A The Liga Pro Ecuador Serie A, simply known as the Liga Pro or the Serie A (or the Ecuadorian Serie A to distinguish it from the Italian Serie A and the Brazilian Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Série A), or as Liga Pro Ecuabet for sponsorship re ...

club

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and the Ecuador national team.

Club career

Chalá began his career with El Nacional in 2013, before joining

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side

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on 14 December 2016. He was then loaned out to L.D.U. Quito until 31 December 2017. On 6 June 2019, Deportivo Toluca announced that they had signed Chalá. He was loaned to French club

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for the 2020–21 season. Chala played in

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for Atlas FC from 2021 to 2023. In August 2023, Chala joined C.S. Emelec in the

International career

Chalá made his international debut for the

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in a 4–3 defeat against

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on 12 October 2018 in

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

LDU Quito *

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Atlas *

: Apertura 2021, Clausura 2022 *

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References

External links

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FC Dallas profile

Documentary
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