Gilmar Napa

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Gilmar Napa
Personal information
Full name Gilmar Eduardo Napa Caiceido [1]
Date of birth (2003-01-05) 5 January 2003 (age 22) [1]
Place of birth Machala, Ecuador
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Emelec
Number 1
Youth career
2015–2021 Orense
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2022 Orense 3 (0)
2023– Emelec 7 (0)
International career
2023– Ecuador U20 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:15, 30 Dec 2024 (UTC)

Gilmar Eduardo Napa Caiceido (born 5 January 2003) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ecuadorian Serie A club Emelec and the Ecuador national under-20 football team.

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Early life

Napa is from Machala in the El Oro Province of Ecuador. [2] Napa joined the football academy at Orense S.C. in 2015. [3]

Club career

Orense S.C.

Napa made his Ecuadorian Serie A league debut for Orense on 21 November, 2021 against L.D.U. Quito. [4] [5] He also played in September and October of 2022, first at Universidad Católica and then against Delfin after first-choice goalkeeper Rolando Silva was sent off and suspended. [6] [7]

S.C. Emelec

Napa joined Emelec ahead of the 2023 season, signing a four-year contract with the club. [8] [9] He was signed to challenge Pedro Ortiz for the starting goalkeeper position. [10]

International career

U17 Ecuador

He was part of the squad at the 2019 South American U-17 Championship in Peru, [11] before being part of the squad at the subsequent 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil.

U20 Ecuador

Napa played at the 2023 South American U-20 Championship for Ecuador where they secured qualification for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup to be held in Indonesia. [12] Napa was named in the team of the tournament by Brazilian newspaper AS. [13]

Senior Ecuador team

In November 2022 Napa was called up to the senior Ecuador national football team for the first time as they prepared for a friendly match against Iraq on November 12, 2022. [14] [15]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Ecuador (ECU)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 5. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "Gilmar Napa is the goalkeeper of the future in Ecuador". Lacancha.movix.com.
  3. ↑ "Gilmar Napa: "Ecuador Sub 20 has left its mark and they already see us in a different way"". ESPN.com.co.
  4. ↑ "1-1 draw between Orense and Liga de Quito". La Republica.
  5. ↑ "ORENSE VS. QUITO 1-1". Soccerway.
  6. ↑ "Gilmar Napa y Tommy Chamba serán jugadores de Emelec". Aficioncentral.com.
  7. ↑ "IN THE END: Orense rescued the draw against Delfín SC". Studio Futbol.
  8. ↑ "Gilmar Napa y Tommy Chamba, presentados como refuerzos en Emelec". Aficioncentral.com.
  9. ↑ "El Bombillo se refuerza: Tommy Chamba y Gilmar Napa fueron presentados en Emelec". Extra.ec.
  10. ↑ "Gilmar Napa appears as an option to put competition to Pedro Ortiz at CS Emelec". Futbolecuador.
  11. ↑ "ELLOS SON NUESTROS TRICOLORES SUB 17" (in Spanish). FEF. 7 March 2019. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  12. ↑ "Gilmar Napa, key in qualifying for the World Cup, ready to join Emelec". Afición Central.
  13. ↑ "The 'new Casemiro' amazes and the ideal XI of the tournament". AS.com.
  14. ↑ "Gilmar Napa will also travel with La Tri to Spain". Studiofutbol.com.
  15. ↑ "Ecuador confirmó la lista de convocados para jugar contra Iraq". El Telegrafo.
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