Jorge Guagua

Jorge Daniel Guagua Tamayo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxoɾxe ˈɣwaɣwa]; born September 28, 1981) is an Ecuadorian retired professional footballer who played as a defender.

In December 2007 Guagua agreed to join Emelec's city rivals Barcelona SC[2] For the 2009 season he will make his return to the team that made him famous, El Nacional.

[3] Retiring at the end of the year, it was confirmed in January 2020, that Guagua would continue at 9 de Octubre as the club's new sporting director.

In the same year, he made his debut for Ecuador’s senior side and he was named in his country’s squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

However, Guagua, who captained Club Deportivo El Nacional to the 2005 league championship, is generally used as a substitute behind record appearance maker Ivan Hurtado in Ecuador’s current side.