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Jordy Caicedo
Caicedo in 2021
Personal information
Full name Jordy Josué Caicedo Medina
Date of birth (1997-11-18) 18 November 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Machala, Ecuador
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Atlas
(on loan from UANL)
Number 23
Youth career
2011–2015 Norte América
2014 → Deportivo Azogues
2015–2018 Universidad Católica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps ( Gls)
2015–2018 Universidad Católica 54 (5)
2019 → El Nacional (loan) 13 (7)
2019–2021 Vitória 42 (7)
2021–2022 CSKA Sofia 42 (23)
2022– Tigres UANL 16 (1)
2023 → Sivasspor (loan) 14 (3)
2023– → Atlas (loan) 14 (5)
International career‡
2017 Ecuador U20 13 (4)
2021– Ecuador 13 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:13, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 March 2024

Jordy Josué Caicedo Medina (born 18 November 1997) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga MX club Atlas, on loan from Tigres UANL, and the Ecuador national team.

Club career

As a child, Caicedo played football "in rich boy" neighborhoods, bet money and always won. [1] At the age of 15, he had an unsuccessful trial with Santos, one of the most successful teams in Brazil. [1] He has been compared to Ecuador international Felipe Caicedo. [2] In February 2021, he joined Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia. [3] In July 2022, Caicedo relocated to Mexico, signing a contract with Tigres UANL. [4]

International career

Caicedo made his senior national team debut on 4 June 2021 in a World Cup qualifying match against Brazil. He substituted Enner Valencia in the 76th minute. [5]

Caicedo made his debut in a professional tournament later that month in the 2021 Copa América, coming on as a second half substitute in the opening match against Colombia. [6] Caicedo scored his first goal for the senior national team on 25 March 2022, converting a penalty in another World Cup qualifying match against Paraguay in a 3-1 loss. [7]

Career statistics

Club

As of matches played 11 November 2023 [8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Universidad Católica 2015 Ecuadorian Serie A 4 0 — — — 4 0
2016 11 2 — 2 0 — 13 2
2017 25 3 — 3 1 — 28 4
2018 14 0 — — — 14 0
Total 54 5 0 0 5 1 — 59 6
El Nacional (loan) 2019 Ecuadorian Serie A 13 7 3 1 — — 16 8
Vitória 2019 Série B 21 6 — — — 21 6
2020 21 1 2 1 — — 23 2
Total 42 7 2 1 — — 44 8
CSKA Sofia 2020–21 Bulgarian First League 14 7 5 3 — — 19 10
2021–22 28 16 6 5 11 1 1 0 46 22
Total 42 23 11 8 11 1 1 0 65 32
Tigres UANL 2022–23 Liga MX 16 1 — — — 16 1
Sivasspor (loan) 2022–23 Süper Lig 14 3 1 0 2 0 — 17 3
Atlas (loan) 2023–24 Liga MX 14 5 — — — 14 5
Career total 195 51 17 10 18 2 1 0 231 63

International

As of 21 March 2024 [9]
Ecuador
Year Apps Goals
2021 5 0
2022 5 2
2023 2 0
2024 1 0
Total 13 2
List of international goals scored by Jordy Caicedo
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 25 March 2022 Estadio Antonio Aranda, Ciudad del Este, Paraguay   Paraguay 1–3 1–3 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 11 June 2022 DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, United States   Cape Verde 1–0 1–0 Friendly

Honours

CSKA Sofia

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b Primeiro equatoriano do Vitória, Jordy Caicedo revela intimidade correio24horas.com.br
  2. ^ Jordy Josué Caicedo, goleador que delira con el encocado elcomercio.com
  3. ^ "Официално: ЦСКА привлече Жорди Кайседо" (in Bulgarian). cska.bg. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Jordy Caicedo firma millonario acuerdo con Tigres de Monterrey hasta el 2026 y se declara 'listo para hacer dupla con cualquiera'" (in Spanish). eluniverso.com. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Brazil v Ecuador game report". ESPN. 4 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Colombia se impuso 1-0 a Ecuador en la Copa América". El Comercio (in Spanish). 13 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Ecuador, Uruguay Claim South America's Remaining Automatic World Cup Berths". 24 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  8. ^ Jordy Caicedo at Soccerway Edit this at Wikidata
  9. ^ Jordy Caicedo at National-Football-Teams.com Edit this at Wikidata
  10. ^ Kichukov, Simeon (19 January 2022). "За втори път Кирил Десподов е Футболист на №1 на България". dnevnik.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 10 March 2022.


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