From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Felipe Caicedo
Felipe Caicedo
Felipe Caicedo 2005– Ecuador 32 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the
domestic league only and correct as of 16:55, 27 November
2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 July 2011
Felipe Salvador Caicedo Corozo (born 5 September 1988
in Guayaquil) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a
striker for Lokomotiv Moscow.
Club career
Basel
Caicedo was signed by Swiss Super League side FC Basel
from Rocafuerte in his native Ecuador during the Swiss
2005–06 season for an undisclosed fee while he was just
With FC Lokomotiv Moscow (2011) 17 years old. Due to his youth, he was trained in the
minor divisions. He went on to play 20 games for Basel
Personal information
in the following 2006–07 season, accompanied by three
Full name Felipe Salvador Caicedo Corozo Swiss League goals. Clubs from La Liga, Premier League,
Date of birth 5 September 1988 (1988-09-05)
and Serie A were monitoring his progress, with Milan
said to have made an inquiry in the winter of 2007.[2]
Place of birth Guayaquil, Ecuador
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [1] Manchester City
On 31 January 2008, it was announced that Manchester
Playing position Striker
City had secured Caicedo’s services on a four-and-a-half
Club information year deal through a £5.2 million transfer fee (€7 million),
Current club Lokomotiv Moscow which would make his sale one of the highest transfers
in the history of the Swiss League. His transfer to Man-
Number 25 chester City was completed after Caicedo was granted a
Youth career work permit.[3][4] Caicedo was described by his manager
as "one of the great South American talents" and was al-
2002–2004 Barcelona SC
so compared to the Brazilian Adriano.[5] He made his de-
2004–2005 Rocafuerte but on 10 February 2008, in a 2–1 away win against ri-
vals Manchester United, coming on in the second half.
Senior career*
He ended the season with 10 appearances in the Premier
Years Team Apps† (Gls)† League, all of them coming on as a substitute.
Caicedo scored his first goal for City the following
2006–2008 Basel 45 (11)
season in an UEFA Cup game against Racing de San-
2008–2011 Manchester City 27 (5) tander. He scored his second consecutive goal with a back
2009 → Sporting CP (loan) 7 (0) heel in a league game against West Bromwich Albion, but
the goal was initially ruled as an own goal, as it hit the
2010 → Málaga (loan) 18 (4) post and then the goalkeeper before finally going in. The
2010–2011 → Levante (loan) 27 (13) goal was later given back to Caicedo after reconsidera-
tion from the Dubious Goals Committee. After these sol-
2011– Lokomotiv Moscow 9 (4) id performances, both coming off the bench, club man-
National team‡ ager Mark Hughes gave him the opportunity to start his
first game in the league and he went on to score for the
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third game in a row, this time scoring the first two goals ber 2010, he had contributed seven goals in 12 appear-
against Hull City on 26 December 2008, in a 5–1 victo- ances; included in these seven goals was a brace scored
ry, taking his goal tally up to four. He started against against Racing de Santander on 21 November 2010.[16]
Blackburn Rovers on 28 December 2008. Caicedo opened Along with a Christian Stuani strike, Levante went on to
the scoring in the first leg of the UEFA Cup last 16 tie win 3–1, picking themselves out of the relegation zone af-
with Aalborg BK at the City of Manchester Stadium. Man- ter a miserable four match losing streak.[17]
chester City won the game 2–0. Caicedo scored his sixth Levante lost on 18 December 2010 to Athletic Bilbao
goal of the season for Manchester City against Hamburg- by a score of 2–1. Caicedo scored the only goal for the
er SV on 16 April 2009, but City was eliminated from hosts.[18] This was the last game before the winter break
the cup due to 4–3 aggregate defeat. Caicedo impressed and started an abismal five game losing streak for Le-
a large number of Manchester City fans that season with vante that left them at the bottom of the Liga table.[19]
his strong performances as a single striker with the abil- Levante turned this around on 29 January 2011 when
ity to hold up the ball in key areas and shrug off defend- they welcomed Getafe CF. Caicedo added the second goal
ers. Caicedo’s seventh City goal came in City’s 3–1 home of a 2–0 win and lifted the relegation strugglers from the
win over Blackburn Rovers on 2 May. Caicedo scored his bottom of the zone.[20]
eighth goal for Manchester City in the 1–0 win over On 11 May, Caicedo scored his 13th league goal of a
Bolton Wanderers on the last day of the season at the City successful campaign against FC Barcelona at the Estadi
of Manchester Stadium.[6] Ciutat de València.[21] Caicedo finished the ball in fine
fashion, after capitalizing on defender Gerard Piqué’s er-
Sporting CP ror.[22] The game ended in a 1–1 draw, which handed
At the start of the 2009–10 season, Caicedo was tipped to Barcelona their third-straight La Liga title.[23][24] The
leave City in order to get more playing time, especially crucial point for Levante put them five points above the
after the club signed fellow forwards Roque Santa Cruz, relegation zone with two games remaining.[25] Caicedo’s
Emmanuel Adebayor, and Carlos Tévez.[7] So, on 23 July thirteen league goals helped to secure Levante’s place in
2009, Sporting Clube de Portugal and Manchester City La Liga for a second season.
reached a one-year loan deal with option of a permanent Following his time in Spain, reports showed that he
deal,[8] that would allow him to be part of their squad for traveled to Moscow because of interest from Russian
the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, potentially allow- Premier League clubs Lokomotiv Moscow and Anzhi
ing Caicedo a year to develop himself as a forward before Makhachkala.[26]
returning to Manchester City. Caicedo, however, found
it difficult at Sporting and his loan deal was cut short in Lokomotiv
January 2010. On 25 July 2011, Caicedo signed a four-year contract with
Lokomotiv Moscow[27] for a fee of €7.5 million[28] and
Málaga was handed the number 25 jersey.[29]
After Sporting decided to end Caicedo’s loan spell at the
club, other clubs showed interest in the Manchester City Career statistics
striker,[9] Málaga CF and Hull City amongst them. On 8
January 2010, Caicedo decided to join Málaga on loan, re-
jecting an offer from Hull City.[10][11] International career
He scored his first La Liga goal for Málaga with a Previous to his move to FC Basel, he had earned a few
beautiful individual effort against Racing de Santander, caps for the Ecuadorian football team, including a friend-
helping Málaga win 3–0.[12] On the final matchday of the ly match at the age of 16 against Italy in mid-2005, de-
domestic season, Málaga required a point to stay above spite failing to get a call-up for the 2006 FIFA World Cup
the relegation zone, where they faced Real Madrid at squad. Caicedo has represented Ecuador at under-20 and
home at La Rosaleda. Caicedo started and provided a at full international level. In 2007, he was selected to play
wonderful assist for Duda to open the scoring in the for Ecuador in the 2007 South American Youth Cham-
ninth minute.[13] Real Madrid levelled after the break pionship. Moreover, Caicedo was chosen to play for
through Rafael van der Vaart, but the early goal was Ecuador’s senior team by coach Luis Fernando Suárez
enough for Málaga to avoid relegation.[14] for two international friendlies against the United States,
in which he scored one goal, and Mexico on 25 and 28
Levante March 2007, respectively.
Just one hour before the deadline of the Spanish summer Caicedo was picked for the Ecuador squad to compete
transfer window (24:00 CEST), Caicedo completed a loan in the 2007 Copa America and given the number 10 shirt.
move to freshly-promoted Levante UD for the 2010–11 He made appearances in all three losses to Chile, Mexico,
season.[15] This revitalized his career, where by Decem- and Brazil as a substitute.
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Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Basel 2006–07 27 7 0 0 – – 27 7
2007–08 18 4 0 0 – 4 0 22 4
Total 45 11 0 0 – 4 0 49 11
Manchester City 2007–08 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2008–09 17 5 1 0 1 0 5 3 24 8
Total 27 5 1 0 1 0 5 3 34 8
Sporting CP 2009–10 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 0
Total 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 0
Málaga 2009–10 18 4 0 0 – – 18 4
Total 18 4 0 0 – – 18 4
Levante 2010–11 27 13 2 1 – – 29 14
Total 27 13 2 1 – – 29 14
Lokomotiv M. 2011–12 7 4 0 0 – 2 0 9 4
Total 7 4 0 0 – 2 0 9 4
Career Total 131 37 3 1 1 0 14 3 149 41
He is considered by many people including journal- football.html?in_article_id=511374&in_page_id=1779&ct=5.
ists as the second-best Ecuadorian player of this genera- Retrieved 2008-01-31.
tion, only after Manchester United’s winger Antonio Va- [5] "City poised for double striker transfer swoop".
lencia[citation needed]. On 10 February 2009, Caicedo scored ESPNsoccernet. 2008-01-31.
the winning goal in a 3–2 victory against England’s U-21 http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/
team.[30] story?id=503855&cc=5901. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
[6] Vesty, Marc (2009-05-24). "Caicedo finds the net in
International goals 1–0 win over Bolton". BBC Sport.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/
Honours [7]
eng_prem/8048313.stm. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
Sporting leiht Caicedo
Manchester City [8] "Sporting announces a one-year deal with Felipe
• Vodacom Challenge Runner-up: 2009 Caicedo". CMVM. 2009-07-23.
http://web3.cmvm.pt/sdi2004/emitentes/docs/
References [9]
FR24692.pdf. Retrieved 2009-09-23 (Portuguese).
Málaga leiht Caicedo
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http://www.felipecaicedo20.com/. Retrieved 19 [11] "Manchester City loan Felipe Caicedo to Malaga".
April 2011. BBC Sport. 2010-01-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/
[2] "English eyes on Caicedo". Sky Sports. 2007-12-07. sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/
http://www.skysports.com/story/ 8447154.stm. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
0,19528,11981_2943260,00.html. Retrieved [12] "Racing Santander 0–3 Málaga". ESPNsoccernet.
2009-07-18. 2010-02-14. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/
[3] "City close on Caicedo". Sky Sports. 2008-01-31. report?id=275685&league=ESP.1&cc=3888.
http://www.skysports.com/story/ Retrieved 2010-02-15.
0,19528,11661_3096727,00.html. Retrieved [13] http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/
2008-01-31. 275575?cc=5901
[4] "Manchester City sign striker Caicedo for £5m". [14] http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/88/spain/
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/ boquerones-survive-relegation
sport/ [15] "Felipe Caicedo; nuevo jugador del Levante U.D."
(in Spanish (Castilian)). Levante UD. 31 August 2010.
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http://es.levanteud.com/noticias/ Alternative names
levante11454.html. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
Short description
[16] http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/la-liga/
2010-2011/levante-ud-racing- Date of birth 5 September 1988
santander-393454.html Place of birth Guayaquil, Ecuador
[17] http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/ Date of death
301976?cc=5901
Place of death
[18] http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/
302170?cc=5901
[19] http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/
302094?cc=5901
[20] http://getafe-escocia.blogspot.com/2011/01/
levante-2-0-getafe-efficient-hosts-make.html
[21] http://soccernet.espn.go.com/
gamecast?id=302109&cc=5901
[22] http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/
918497/la-liga:-barcelona-seal-spanish-title-with-
draw?cc=5901
[23] http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/
association=esp/news/newsid=1629949.html
[24] http://thefadaily.com/2011/05/11/three-in-a-row-
for-barcelona/
[25] http://soccernet.espn.go.com/tables/_/league/
esp.1/spanish-la-liga?cc=5901
[26] Gray, Ashley (31 May 2011). "Caicedo arrives in
Moscow as Manchester City flop weighs up Russian
offers". Daily Mail (London).
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/
article-1392522/Manchester-Citys-Felipe-Caicedo-
weighs-offers-Russia.html.
[27] "Московский "Локомотив" подписал 4-летний
контракт с футболистом сборной Эквадора
Фелипе Кайседо" (in Russian). Official website of
FC Lokomotiv Moscow. http://www.fclm.ru/ru/
info/articles/?id_4=2791. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
[28] http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/felipe-caicedo/
transfers/spieler_37834.html
[29] "Фелипе Кайседо: "В Москву хотел переехать
еще в декабре"" (in Russian). Official website of FC
Lokomotiv Moscow. http://www.fclm.ru/ru/info/
articles/?id_4=2823. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
[30] "Ecuador v England U21". Sky Sports. 10 February
2010. http://www.skysports.com/football/
match_report/0,19764,11065_3105962,00.html.
Retrieved 22 January 2011.
External links
• Felipe Caicedo career stats at Soccerbase
• Official Website
• ESPN Profile
Persondata
Name Caicedo, Felipe
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