Barcelona SC and the signing of the current goalscorer: Failures, successes and the case of the one who never made his debut

Carlos Alfaro Moreno reported, 24 hours before the Yellow Night, that the negotiation for Francisco Fydriszewski was “90% closed.” Due to that advance made by the Canarian president, the presentation of the Argentine attacker, with the rest of the 2023 squad, was no longer a surprise.

However, the bullfighting offense is enhanced by Fydriszewski, the top scorer of the 2022 tournament, with 15 goals, and national monarch with Aucas. The Polish He scored 32 goals in his two seasons with Aucas and is now joining Barcelona SC, which endorses its long-standing custom of signing the current goalscorer (that is, the biggest net breaker of the year prior to signing).

Barcelona won in the Yellow Night and presented Francisco Fydriszewski as a new reinforcement

The Argentine, who will turn 30 next April, adds his name to that of other forwards who arrived at the popular Astillero squad as reigning scorers, which did not always guarantee success for the newcomer.

“This is not a barter, because they are not merchandise,” says the president of Barcelona SC about the Francisco Fydriszewski-John Cifuente negotiation

paulo cesar

Joao Evangelista Santiago Dino, real name of Paulo César, was the first current scorer signed by the bullfighters from another club in Ecuador. The Brazilian arrived in the country in 1981.

With Liga de Quito Paulo César scored 25 times and was the top scorer in 1981. The goals of the Witch They classified the albos to the Copa Libertadores as runners-up. The Canarian leadership acquired the sports rights of the fearsome definer and took it away in 1982.

In his first year at Barcelona SC he scored 12 goals, 28 in 1983 and said goodbye to the bullfighter in 1984 with 15 scores. Paulo César was not a champion with the yellows, but 61 goals (55 in three national tournaments and six in the Libertadores) and his amazing ability to convert ensured him a place among the club’s eternal idols.

Janio Pinto

Imported in 1987 from Brazil by the América capital, Janio later went to Liga de Quito, where with 18 goals he was the top scorer in 1988. In 1989 he joined Barcelona SC. There, Janio Pinto scored 13 goals and was part of that year’s champion team. After three weeks of postponement, a key game with Deportivo Quito was repeated, but the Brazilian did not have the patience to wait, he went to his country on vacation and was not in the Olympic round of Barcelona SC in the capital. Janio’s contract was not renewed.

The ‘Panther’, in 1991

In 1990, with 29 goals, Ermen Benítez was the greatest sensation among Ecuador’s scorers. For the second year in a row, and for the third time in four campaigns, the dangerous Panther he was left with the title of artilleryman in his farewell to El Nacional, after a decade as a military man. In 1991 Barcelona SC once again signed the country’s top scorer. Benítez, 30 years old, contributed to obtaining the championship with 11 goals (he was the fourth bullfighter scorer).

They gave away a gunner

One of the most absurd decisions made by Isidro Romero as president of Barcelona SC was to get rid of Manuel Uquillas, an attacker of proven quality, who in 1994 went to Espoli. To replace him came Diego Herrera, a gunner of the 1993 edition with Liga de Quito (19 goals). The man from Quito was unable to revalidate his individual title and was a resounding failure with the Canary Islands jersey in 1994. Herrera had a nickname that he did not honor as a striker: Blonde Arrow (the same as Alfredo Di Stéfano). while, the Bullfighter Uquillas was the top scorer in that contest with the National Police.

Uquillas, triumphant return

On loan to Espoli, Manuel Uquillas was a storm in Quito. He scored 25 goals in 1994 and that prompted his immediate return to Barcelona SC, in 1995. Bullfighter He repeated the scoring title from a year ago by scoring 24 goals and also being the 1995 national champion.

Narciso Mina, record

Narciso Mina, from Esmeralda, from Independiente del Valle, was the top striker in the 2011 tournament with 28 goals. He was hired as a network breaker by Barcelona SC and in 2012 Mina did not disappoint. He was the key man in obtaining an award that the canaries waited for 15 years. In addition, Mina set a record: his 30 goals are the highest number of goals scored by a canary in an edition of the national tournament.

$399,000 for each goal

Federico Nieto was hired by Barcelona SC under the presidency of Antonio Noboa in 2014. The Argentine was the top scorer in the 2013 championship with 29 goals for Deportivo Quito. But as a canary, Nieto was a fiasco. He only scored three goals in 17 games in 2014. Already at Universidad Católica he filed a claim against Barcelona SC. The Ecuadorian Football Federation ordered in 2016 that between March 30 of that year and March 30, 2019, the bullfighter leadership will pay Nieto $1,197,000. Each goal for the 2013 scorer cost Barcelona SC $399,000.

Scorer who did not debut

In 2015, for the third consecutive year, Barcelona SC signed the current top scorer in the national tournament as reinforcements. It was Armando Wila, striker in the 2014 championship with 20 goals at Universidad Católica. Willa, who in 2011 had a brief stay as a bullfighter, could not debut his artillery title with the bullfighters in official games because on January 26, 2015 he agreed for six months with Al Nassr, from Saudi Arabia. Wila did the preseason, played a friendly against Aucas, but left four days before the start of the 2015 Ecuadorian championship. (D)