Ivan Kaviedes

Ivan Kaviedes - El Nine ("The Boy" in Italian)

Playing style

Kaviedes is known as a striker with wonderful touch, great vision, passing range and a keen eye for goal. Although not particularly strong in the air, Kaviedes has scored spectacular overhead goals in his career. One remembered well even to this day was the bicycle shot he did with his back turned against FC Barcelona while playing for Real Valladolid. This goal was voted as the goal of the year.

Club career
Kaviedes rose to fame after scoring 43 goals in one season for Club Sport Emelec in the Ecuadorian league. This led to a move to A.C. Perugia in the Italian Serie A. Kaviedes was unsuccessful there, however, and has since journeyed around a number of clubs in Europe, Mexico, and South America, even returning to his homeland.

After a brief spell in Deportivo Quito, Kaviedes signed with the English Premiership for Crystal Palace F.C., making him at the time the third Ecuadorian to play in the English Premier League. He arrived at the club for a fee of reputedly £2,000,000, though there is confusion over whether he was signed on loan or on a full transfer. However, Kaviedes did not fit into Crystal Palace or with Manager Iain Dowie's 4-5-1 formation. He was transferred out of the club in the 2004/05 winter transfer window.

After the 2006 FIFA World Cup he transferred from Argentinos Juniors in Argentina for El Nacional in his homeland, 2005-2006 Ecuadorian League Champions. In his first official game for the club, he scored an impressive four goals.

International career
Due to his rise in world wide prominence in the late 1990s, he was given his debut in a 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Brazil in 1998.

Kaviedes is always remembered for scoring in Ecuador's 1-1 draw with Uruguay in 2001 during the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, which allowed Ecuador to qualify for the first time ever to a FIFA World Cup.

He was part of the Ecuadorian national team that played at the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups.

Kaviedes played for Ecuador during the 2006 World Cup, defeating Poland 2-0 in the opening match, and Costa Rica 3-0. It was in this game that El Nine scored his first World Cup goal, from a cross by Edison Mendez. Kaviedes' celebration involved donning a yellow Spider-Man mask and raising his arms - mimicking his late team-mate Otilino Tenorio's trademark goal celebration, who was killed in a car crash in 2005. "Otilino is accompanying us from heaven," Kaviedes later said. That goal helped Ecuador qualify to the second round alongside host Germany in Group A.

Years Club Gls

1998 CS Emelec 43
1998-1999 Perugia 4
1999-2000 Celta Vigo 0
1999-2000 Puebla FC 5
2001-2002 Real Valladolid 7
2001-2002 FC Porto 0
2002 Barcelona SC 20
2002-2003 Celta Vigo 3
2003 Sociedad Deportivo Quito 2
2004-2005 Crystal Palace 2
2005-2006 Argentinos Juniors 1
2006-2007 Barcelona SC 11
2007-2007 El Nacional 14
2007 AEK Larnaca 0

National team
Years Club App (Gls)

1996- Ecuador 46 (14)

Personal information
Full name Jaime Iván Kaviedes Llorenty
Date of birth October 24, 1977 (1977-10-24)
Place of birth Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)