Ítalo Estupiñán

Ítalo Estupiñán
Personal information
Full name	Ítalo Eugenio Estupiñán Martínez
Date of birth	1 January 1952
Place of birth	Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Date of death	1 March 2016 (aged 64)
Place of death	Mexico City, Mexico
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1970–1972	Macará
1972–1974	El Nacional
1974–1977	Toluca
1977–1979	América
1979–1980	Universidad Católica
1980–1981	Atletas Campesinos
1981–1983	Puebla
1986	Emelec
Total
International career
1972–1973	Ecuador
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ítalo Eugenio Estupiñán Martínez (1 January 1952 – 1 March 2016) was an Ecuadorian footballer who played as a forward during his career.^[1]

Club career

Born in Esmeraldas, Estupiñán began playing football for Club Social y Deportivo Macará and made his Ecuadorian Serie A debut at age 17.^[2] He would also play for Club Deportivo El Nacional and Club Sport Emelec in Ecuador's top division. He played several seasons in the Primera División de México with Deportivo Toluca F.C., Club América, Atlético Campesinos and Puebla F.C., winning the league with Toluca in 1974–75 and with Puebla in 1982–83.^[3]

He obtained 14 caps for the Ecuador national football team during the 1980s, scoring 2 goals.^[4]

"Citlalli Price" for the best player of the year in 1974 (Mexico)

^ "Falleció Ítalo Estupiñán en México".
^ Barraza, Jorge (15 August 2002). "Ítalo Estupiñán, un grande que asombró" [Ítalo Estupiñán, that great astonishment] (in Spanish). El Universo.
^ González, Juan Pablo (12 February 2011). "Los 10 mejores jugadores en la historia del Toluca" [The top 10 players in the history of Toluca] (in Spanish). El Universal Estado de México. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
^ Espinoza Añazco,Fernando (12 August 2009). "Ecuador – Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.