Ecuador announces 23-man squad for Copa America
Xinhua, June 2, 2015 Adjust font size:
Ecuador coach Gustavo Quinteros announced on Monday the final list of 23 players for the Copa America tournament.
The squad includes 12 players from clubs outside of Ecuador and 11 from local teams.
Several influential players have missed the final cut due to injury such as Manchester United right-winger Antonio Valencia, Real Club Deportivo Espanol striker Felipe Caicedo and winger Angel Mena.
Goalkeeper Maximo Banguera, Luis Romero and Robert Arboleda will not travel to Chile for the tournament between June 11 and July 04.
Ecuador is bundled with Chile, Bolivia and Mexico in Copa America group A. Endi