Javier Klimowicz
Personal information
Full name Javier Hernán Klimowicz
Date of birth (1977-03-10) 10 March 1977
Place of birth Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Instituto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2002 Instituto 54 (0)
2002–2004 Blooming 42 (0)
2004–2008 Deportivo Cuenca 157 (0)
2008–2017 Emelec 47 (0)
International career
2007 Ecuador 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Javier Hernán Klimowicz Laganá (born 10 March 1977) is a former Argentine-born Ecuadorian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Klimowicz started his playing career in 1998 with Instituto de Córdoba and made his official debut in the Argentine Primera División on 9 April 2000, in a draw against Ferro Carril Oeste. In 2002, he signed with Bolivian team Blooming before moving to Ecuador to join Deportivo Cuenca in 2004.[1] For the season 2009, he transferred to popular club CS Emelec.

He has been naturalised and capped for Ecuador's national team. He has started some matches as Ecuador's starting goalkeeper.

Personal life

He is the brother of forwards Diego and Nicolás, and uncle to midfielder Mateo.[2] The Klimowicz family is of Polish and Ukrainian descent.[3]

Honours

Club

References

  1. "Ficha del Jugador: KLIMOWICZ JAVIER HERNAN". FEF. Archived from the original on 13 July 2007. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
  2. "Código Klimowicz". El Gráfico. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  3. "Klimowicz woli Polskę od Ukrainy?" [Is Klimowicz from Poland and Ukraine?] (in Polish). Sport. 7 May 2002. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
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