Nicolás Geovanny Asencio Espinoza (born April 26, 1975) is an Ecuadorian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played for several clubs, including his beloved Barcelona de Guayaquil. In Ecuador he also played for Aucas, El Nacional,

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 ...

Macará Macará is a city in the Loja Province of Ecuador. It is the seat of the Macará Canton and is located on the border between Ecuador and Peru. The population as of the 2001 census was 11,483. It is served by José María Velasco Ibarra Airpor ...

and

Deportivo Quito Sociedad Deportivo Quito is an Ecuadorian 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 Second Category of Pi ...

, in Mexico for

Tecos UAG Tecos Fútbol Club, simply known as Tecos, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in Zapopan, Jalisco, and associated with the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara (UAG). It competes in Liga Premier de México, Liga ...

, in Colombia for

Millonarios Millonarios Fútbol Club, known simply as Millonarios, is a Colombian professional football club based in Bogotá, that competes in the Categoría Primera A, top flight of football in Colombia. It is one of the most successful and iconic clubs i ...

, in Chile for

Cobreloa Club de Deportes Cobreloa S.A.D.P. (), commonly referred to as Cobreloa, is a professional Chilean football league system, Chilean football club based in Calama, Chile, Calama, Región de Antofagasta, Chile. They compete in the Primera B de Ch ...

and also in Bolivia for

Wilstermann Club Cultural y Deportivo Jorge Wilstermann, known simply as Wilstermann, is a Bolivian football club from the city of Cochabamba, founded on 24 November 1949 by a group of workers of Lloyd Aereo Boliviano. It is named after Bolivian aviator Jor ...

International career

Asencio played for the Ecuador national team between 1995 and 2003 earning a total of 20 caps including one in the

2002 FIFA World Cup The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea/Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams organized by ...

After football

After his retirement, Asencio worked as sporting director for

Barcelona SC Barcelona Sporting Club (), internationally known as Barcelona de Guayaquil, is an Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil, known best for its professional football team. They currently play in the Ecuadorian Serie A, the highest level of fo ...

until 2021. Next, he joined Guayaquil Sport with the same charge.

Honours

Barcelona Sporting *

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 ...

: Deportivo Quito *

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

Ecuador *

Canada Cup The Canada Cup () was an invitational international ice hockey tournament held on five occasions between 1976 and 1991. The brainchild of Toronto lawyer Alan Eagleson, the tournament was created to meet demand for a true world championship that a ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Asencio, Nicolas 1975 births Living people People from Machala Sportspeople from El Oro Province Ecuadorian men's footballers Ecuador men's international footballers Ecuadorian expatriate men's footballers 1995 Copa América players 1999 Copa América players 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2002 FIFA World Cup players Barcelona S.C. footballers S.D. Aucas footballers Tecos F.C. footballers Ferro Carril Oeste footballers Millonarios F.C. players Club Jaiba Brava footballers C.D. El Nacional footballers C.D. Cuenca footballers C.D. Cobreloa footballers C.D. Jorge Wilstermann players C.S.D. Macará footballers S.D. Quito footballers C.D. ESPOLI footballers Ecuadorian Serie A players Chilean Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Categoría Primera A players Ecuadorian Serie B players Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia Men's association football forwards