The Canarians are preparing for the next season and assure footballers, several of them without a major appearance this year.
The goalkeeper Víctor Mendoza Izurieta (27 years old), the defenders Pedro Pablo Velasco (28) and Joshué Quiñónez (20) and the midfielders Michael Carcelén (24) and Jonathan Perlaza (24), all Ecuadorians, will continue at Barcelona Sporting Club in 2022, after the Guayaquil institution announced the extension of contracts for the five footballers on Monday night.
Although in LigaPro Serie A 2021 none of the renewed formed the base of the Canarian team (no more than ten games as a starter, out of thirty possible), it was Carcelén who made the starting eleven of coach Fabián Bustos more timesprecisely on a dozen occasions; In addition, he jumped off the bench six times, totaling 16 appearances (910 minutes), according to the Professional League statistics page.
The former driver of El Nacional (2020) joined the bullfighting team this campaign. His contract was renewed for four years (until 2025).
According to data from the Guayaquil club, Carcelén registers 25 matches in all competitions. He scored a goal in the domestic tournament on May 23 against Olmedo (4-0).
In the case of Perlaza, the former soccer player from the Mexican Querétaro (2020) returned to the Main Port this year, after he was in Guayaquil City (2017-2019). Barcelona extended the link for the midfielder for one season (2022).
According to official data, Perlaza registers 25 matches with the Canaries in all the competitions. He appeared 18 times in Serie A 2021 (689 minutes), six as a starter.
The young central Quiñónez, meanwhile, will be yellow for four more seasons (until 2025). Formed in the Buenos Aires club (Toreros subsidiary), debuted in the first division in 2019, on April 24 in an Ecuador Cup match against Mineros (Bolívar). In Serie A he premiered in 2021, finally playing seven games (556 minutes), of these six as a starter.
Velasco and Mendoza, without major appearance
Pedro Pablo Velasco suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in March, which prevented the full-back from playing the rest of the year.
The last match of the double champion of Ecuador with Barcelona (2016 and 2020) was on March 14, in the 2-0 victory of the Guayaquil team against Orense. That day, he left the field of the Monumental Banco Pichincha stadium in the 82nd minute.
Until the game with the Machaleños, Velasco registered three games in the domestic campaign (262 minutes), all as a starter.
The Canarian club extended the contract to the defender for three seasons (until 2024).
Velasco joined Barcelona in 2013, after being crowned Deportivo Quito (2012).
Meanwhile, Mendoza Izurieta will continue as the second goalkeeper of the yellow team until 2025 (four more seasons).
The goalkeeper, who debuted in First A on March 18, 2018, did not have any opportunity in any contest this campaign, with Argentine Javier Burrai as the absolute owner of the goal in all competitions (league, National Super Cup and Copa Libertadores). (D)
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