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Richard Mercado

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Richard Mercado
Personal information
Full name Richar Luis Mercado Corozo
Date of birth (1986-12-20) 20 December 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Guayaquil SC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 UT Cotopaxi 20 (5)
2007 El Nacional 8 (2)
2008 Melgar 21 (5)
2009 Manta 8 (0)
2009 Deportivo Azogues 11 (1)
2010 Independiente José Terán 8 (1)
2010 Técnico Universitario 13 (3)
2011 Deportivo Quevedo 2 (0)
2011 Mushuc Runa 3 (2)
2011–2013 Montevideo Wanderers 37 (11)
2014Olmedo (loan) 5 (0)
2015 Universitario de Sucre 6 (1)
2016 Atlético Pantoja
2017–2018 Villa Española 12 (2)
2018 LDU Portoviejo ? (4)
2019 Águila 15 (1)
2020 Rocha
2021– Guayaquil SC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richar Luis Mercado Corozo (born December 20, 1986, in Esmeraldas, Ecuador) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Club career

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Mercado started his professional career playing for U.T. de Cotopaxi in August 2004, playing in the Ecuadorian Segunda Categoría. After two years in this club, he took a big step in his career, signing with Ecuadorian giants El Nacional.

In January 2008, he signed a deal with Peruvian side FBC Melgar.[1]

In mid 2011, Mercado signed a contract with Uruguayan side Montevideo Wanderers.[2]

Later career

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In December 2018, Mercado signed with Águila of the Salvadoran Primera División.[3] He left the club in the summer 2019.

In February 2020, it was reported that Mercado had joined Paraguayan club Sportivo Luqueño.[4] However, in October 2020 Luqueño confirmed on Twitter, that Mercado never had signed officially with the club, but only trained with the team and played a few friendly games for them.[5] This clarification came after Mercado was presented at Uruguayan club Rocha in October 2020, where Rocha, in a part of the welcome, mentioned Sportivo Luqueño as Mercado's last club. Mercado later sued Luqueño because he claimed, that he had signed a contract with the club and didn't receive the payment of the commitments contained in the contract.[6]

Mercado officially joined Uruguayan club Rocha F.C. in the beginning of October 2020.[7] In March 2021, Mercado joined Guayaquil SC.

Honours

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Player

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Club

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C.D. Águila

References

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  1. ^ "FBC Melgar se reforzó con el delantero ecuatoriano Richard Mercado" (in Spanish). elcomercio.pe. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
  2. ^ "Richard Mercado nuevo jugador bohemio" (in Spanish). mwfc.com.uy. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
  3. ^ Estos son los primeros cambios en Alianza, FAS y Águila - ElSalvador.com (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Tres más en el fichero, abc.com.py, 22 February 2020
  5. ^ Luqueño aclara caso Mercado, d10.ultimahora.com, 8 October 2020
  6. ^ Jorge Luna y Richard Mercado demandan al Sportivo Luqueño, versus.lanacion.com.py, 11 November 2020
  7. ^ Una nueva oportunidad para El Roble (FOTO), futbolecuador.com, 6 October 2020
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