Ely Jair Esterilla Castro (born 6 February 1993) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for 9 de Octubre.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ely Jair Esterilla Castro | ||
Date of birth | (1993-02-06) 6 February 1993 (age 29) | ||
Place of birth | Guayaquil, Ecuador | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | 9 de Octubre | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2011 | Rocafuerte | ||
2012–2013 | Santos Laguna | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2012 | Rocafuerte | 1 | (1) |
2014– | Barcelona SC | 210 | (34) |
2020 | → CD Cuenca (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2021– | Olmedo | 0 | (0) |
National team | |||
2013 | Ecuador U-20 | 9 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 November 2018 |
Born in Guayaquil, Esterilla joined Rocafuerte's youth setup in 2005.[1] He made his first team debut in the 2010 campaign, in Serie B.
On 3 June 2012, Esterilla moved abroad and joined Liga MX side Santos Laguna, being assigned to the under-20 squad.[2] He never appeared with the main squad during his spell, but won the 2013 Clausura tournament with the under-20s.[3]
On 19 December 2013, Esterilla returned to his home country and joined Barcelona on a four-year contract.[4] He made his professional debut the following 29 January, coming on as a second-half substitute for Federico Laurito in a 1–0 Serie A home win against Manta.
Esterilla scored his first professional goal on 13 April 2014, netting his team's second in a 2–0 home defeat of Independiente del Valle. On 27 March 2016, he scored a brace in a 5–0 home routing of L.D.U. Quito.
Esterilla represented Ecuador at under-20 level, playing in the 2013 South American Youth Football Championship. On 2 October 2015, he was called up by the full side for two 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Venezuela,[5] but withdrew due to injury three days later.[6]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Rocafuerte | 2010[8] | Serie B | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2011[8] | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||||
2012[8] | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | 8 | 2 | |||||
Subtotal | 19 | 2 | — | — | — | 19 | 2 | |||||
Barcelona | 20145 | Serie A | 37 | 6 | — | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 40 | 6 | ||
2015 | 31 | 7 | — | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 2 | — | 36 | 9 | ||||
2016 | 38 | 11 | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 40 | 11 | ||||
2017 | 27 | 1 | — | 8[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 35 | 1 | ||||
2018 | 34 | 4 | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 36 | 4 | ||||
Subtotal | 167 | 29 | — | 20 | 2 | — | 73 | 8 | ||||
Career total | 186 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 206 | 33 |
Barcelona S.C. – current squad | |
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