Cristhian Noboa returns to Emelec after 18 years and has become the ’emperor’: his price is $1,300,000

Leadership and experience comes from the tricolor midfielder Cristiano Emperor Noboa to Club Sport Emelec, the club that gave him the opportunity to make his professional debut in 2004. Now he is back with a mission to become the champion of the Pro League.

The Argentinian Néstor Craviotto was the one who gave the Guayaquil midfielder the opportunity to play in Serie A of national football.

“The main news in the match: that the electric team won 1:0 against El Nacional with a goal from defender Juan Triviño, it was the debut of midfielder Christian Noboa, who successfully drew and kicked the ball, and to that should be added the return of Otilino Tenorio (in a red jersey) on the Capwell field,” the chronicle EL UNIVERSO points out.

He left Bombillo at the end of 2006, after being runner-up there. That year, Argentines Marcos Mondaini and Luis Miguel Escalada shone. He has not agreed with any local club, despite El Nacional led by Uruguayan-Paraguayan coach Ever Hugo Almeida showing interest in signing him.

Cristhian Noboa upon his return: I didn’t come to walk, I came to do my best and enjoy Emelec

He did not look back and at the age of 21 he flew to Europe, with the hope of succeeding in a club on the Old Continent, and signed for FC Rubin, in the Russian city of Kazan. Transfermarkta web portal specializing in quotes and statistics, states that his signature was $1,500,000.

For us, Kazan was an unknown team, because in this country it has become common to listen to Zenit from St. Petersburg, Spartak, CSKA and Lokomotiv – the latter from Moscow – to play in the renowned Champions League.

Cristiano Noboa will be presented by Emelec this Thursday at the George Capwell Stadium in front of members

Noboa came to that team, from a city 16 hours away from the capital, to make history: “It was very difficult for me the first year, when I think I played 50% of the games, playing between the last 10 and 15 minutes. . In the second year, I started to adapt, because the cold bothered me a lot, I couldn’t train because of the weather and I didn’t understand the language very well. The culture was very strict: you have to do this or that; No matter how disciplined I was, I made mistakes and the coach (Kurban Berdyev, from Turkmenistan) told me: ‘I want you to do it this way, because I tell you so’.”

“He taught me to be a two-way player. Then the coach (Berdyev) asked me: ‘Are you tired too?’; I answered, ‘Yes’; and Berdiyev tells me: ‘But you have arrived; So if you don’t do what I tell you, you won’t play,’ he added Emperor in an interview in the program Football without tape.

With Rubín, Noboa was a two-time Premier League champion (2008 and 2009) and lifted the Russian Super Cup trophy (2010).

And one of his fondest memories with the team from Kazan was the matches he had against FC Barcelona, ​​coached by Pep Guardiola and star Lionel Messi, who fifteen years ago was considered the best team in recent times. Its quotation was 10 million dollars.

Of the four matches recorded in the Champions League, Rubín celebrated 1-2 at Camp Nou and drew 0-0 at home in the 2009-2010 season. And in 2010-2011 they drew 1-1 (Noboa scored) and Barça won 2-0.

And in his best football moment, he decided to sign for Moscow Dinamo, in the middle of 2011, and his transfer cost 12 million dollars. He was in the Greek PAOK from 2014 to 2015.

He ended his adventure in the European Mediterranean country to return to Russia and sign for FK Rostov (2015-2017) at the request of coach Berdyev.

He also had a second chance at Rubín (2017-2018); and Zenit St. Petersburg, led by coach Luciano Spalletti, welcomed him and he was part of the team that became two-time champions of Russia (2019-2020).

In recent years, he was in PFC Sochi (2019-2014). He has closed this cycle of his career in Europe, he says Transfermarkt (portal specialized in statistics), playing 479 duels in official matches and scoring 95 goals; and its price is 1,300,000 dollars.

Now he hopes to say goodbye to his professional activity at Emelec. “I didn’t come for a walk. I came to do my best and enjoy the moment. I come to work. I am not here to excite anyone with things that may or may not be true, but I will do my best,” Noboa said upon his arrival in Guayaquil. (D)