The 33-year-old former defender will play a tribute game in Esmeraldas on Saturday. There will be figures like Jefferson Montero and Antonio Valencia.
Frickson Erazo, champion of Ecuador with Barcelona Sporting Club in 2012, will have his farewell match on Saturday in a friendly, in Esmeraldas, where friends of the 33-year-old ex-footballer, Among those who include former nationals such as Antonio ValenciaThey will meet players from the Canarian team.
Why say goodbye to Barcelona? Whoever was a central defender was consulted and announced his retirement from football earlier this year. Your answer: “It is with the shirt that I identify myself since I was a child”. And why in Esmeraldas ?: “It’s where my family is, where I grew up.”
The game (3:00 pm) will be held at the Folke Anderson stadium, which will have 60% of the capacity available for public attendance, who will be able to purchase tickets in values of around $ 2.
On Tuesday, at a press conference together with the directive of the bullfighting club, Erazo announced that the event will have the participation of figures: “Throughout my soccer career I met good people, good friends. I have successfully summoned players such as Jefferson Montero, Antonio Valencia, Segundo Castillo, Oswaldo Minda, Luis Fernando Saritama, Máximo Banguera, Rorys Aragón, Juan Carlos Paredes, Geovanny Nazareno, Flavio Caicedo, José Madrid, José Ayoví … So many others that I don’t want to skip. Danny Luna, Danny Cabezas, with whom I shared on October 9 in Serie B “.
The October club was the former defender’s last professional experience. There he achieved promotion to LigaPro Serie A 2021.
Erazo was crowned with the Canaries in 2012, one of the main memories he takes from football: “As a fan, partner and player, having won a title with Barcelona fills me with great joy. I will always be proud of what was achieved that year ”.
He also recalled the historic victory (0-2) of the Ecuadorian team over Argentina in Buenos Aires on October 8, 2015, when he opened the head account: “After (other memories), scoring a goal for Argentina at the Monumental stadium (of River Plate), it is a very nice memory that I always carry with me, I don’t know where a popcorn came from, I never had. It fills me with great joy. Then the World Cup (participation in Brazil 2014) ”.
Known as the ElegantThe former defender also went through clubs in the country such as El Nacional and Técnico Universitario. Abroad he played for the Brazilian teams Flamengo, Gremio, Vasco da Gama and Atlético Mineiro.
“There are other goals to meet in the academic, social, business and family fields, which are important,” said Erazo. (D)
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