Alexander Domínguez
Domínguez with Ecuador in 2015
Personal information
Full name Alexander Domínguez Carabalí[1]
Date of birth (1987-06-05) 5 June 1987[1]
Place of birth Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 LDU Quito
Number 22
Youth career
2005 Esmeraldas Club
2006–2009 LDU Quito
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2016 LDU Quito 292 (0)
2016–2018 Monterrey 9 (0)
2017–2018 → Colón (loan) 27 (0)
2018–2021 Vélez Sarsfield 29 (0)
2021 Cerro Largo 13 (0)
2022 Deportes Tolima 3 (0)
2022– LDU Quito 43 (0)
International career‡
2011– Ecuador 71 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023

Alexander Domínguez Carabalí (born 5 June 1987) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ecuadorian Serie A club LDU Quito and the Ecuador national team.[2]

Club career

LDU Quito (2006-2016)

Domínguez played for L.D.U. Quito from 2006 to 2016, taking over the starting spot from José Francisco Cevallos. He won two Ecuadorian Serie A titles, the 2009 Copa Sudamericana, the 2009 Recopa Sudamericana and the 2010 Recopa Sudamericana.[3]

Domínguez is one of the top 300 goalkeepers in the world, the third highest ranked Ecuadorian, and the highest ranked active Ecuadorian in terms of time spent without conceding a goal. From 2 September 2007 to 28 October 2007, he went 719 minutes without conceding a goal. He is nicknamed "Dida", after the Brazilian keeper of the same name.[4]

Clúb de Fútbol Monterrey (2016-2017)

On 22 June 2016, it was confirmed that Domínguez would be joining Monterrey.[5]

Club Atlético Colón (2017-2018)

Vélez Sarsfield (2018-2021)

Cerro Largo (2021-2022)

Dominguez joined Uruguayan club Cerro Largo as a free agent on 20 August 2021.[6] He played his first league match on 13 September 2021.[7]

Deportes Tolima (2022)

LDU Quito (2023- )

International career

Domínguez is a former Ecuadorian youth international, who represented the country at the 2007 South American U-20 Championship.[3]

Domínguez received his first call-ups for the senior Ecuador national football team in May 2010 for friendlies against Mexico and South Korea. However, he remained an unused substitute. Because of club-related commitments, he would not receive another call-up until February 2011 for a friendly against Honduras. Again, he was an unused substitute. Manager Reinaldo Rueda finally gave Domínguez his first cap on 26 March 2011 in a 2–0 friendly defeat to Colombia.[3] At the 2011 Copa América, he served as back-up to Marcelo Elizaga.

He established himself as Ecuador's first choice goalkeeper during the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, making 12 appearances for La Tri.[3]

In June 2014, Domínguez was named in Ecuador's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[8] On 15 June, he made his FIFA World Cup debut in a 2–1 defeat to Switzerland at the Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha in Brasília.[9]

On 25 June 2014, Domínguez was named Man of the Match vs. France in Ecuador's final match at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Domínguez kept a clean sheet and stopped shots from the likes of Karim Benzema, Paul Pogba, and Olivier Giroud.[10][11][12]

In November 2022, Domínguez was named in Ecuador's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup held in Qatar. He played a fundamental role in the harmonization of the group of players, and was a substitute for all three group stages matches against, Qatar, Netherlands and Senegal.

Career statistics

International

As of 21 November 2023[13]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Ecuador 201130
201280
201380
201460
2015110
201680
201850
201950
202040
202160
202260
202340
Total710

Honours

L.D.U. Quito

Deportes Tolima

References

  1. 1 2 3 "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Ecuador" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "Cerro Largo FC confirma fichaje del golero Alexander Domínguez". ElUniverso.com. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Alexander DOMINGUEZ". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Gruber, Alex (1 July 2014). "Forecasting the Future of the Ecuador National Football Team". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Alexander Domínguez fichó por el Monterrey del fútbol mexicano". 22 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "Oficial: Alexander Domínguez será nuevo jugador de Cerro Largo". 20 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Alexander Domínguez debuta en empate de Cerro Largo". 13 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "World Cup 2014: Antonio Valencia is named in Ecuador squad". BBC. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  9. ↑ "Switzerland 2-1 Ecuador". BBC Sport. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  10. ↑ "Teleamazonas Noticias, Deportes y Entretenimiento - Alexander Domínguez fue elegido como la figura del partido". Archived from the original on 11 January 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  11. ↑ "Eurosport". Archived from the original on 11 January 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  12. ↑ "Mundial Brasil 2014: Alexander Domínguez brilló ante Francia". 25 June 2014.
  13. ↑ Alexander Domínguez at National-Football-Teams.com
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