Richard Mercado

Richar Luis Mercado Corozo (born December 20, 1986 in Esmeraldas, Ecuador) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Richard Mercado
Personal information
Full name Richar Luis Mercado Corozo
Date of birth (1986-12-20) 20 December 1986
Place of birth Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Guayaquil SC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 UT Cotopaxi 20 (5)
2007 El Nacional 8 (2)
2008 Melgar 21 (5)
2009 Manta 8 (0)
2009 Deportivo Azogues 11 (1)
2010 Independiente José Terán 8 (1)
2010 Técnico Universitario 13 (3)
2011 Deportivo Quevedo 2 (0)
2011 Mushuc Runa 3 (2)
2011–2013 Montevideo Wanderers 37 (11)
2014Olmedo (loan) 5 (0)
2015 Universitario de Sucre 6 (1)
2016 Atlético Pantoja
2017–2018 Villa Española 12 (2)
2018 LDU Portoviejo ? (4)
2019 Águila 15 (1)
2020 Rocha
2021– Guayaquil SC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Mercado started his professional career playing for U.T. de Cotopaxi in August 2004, playing in the Ecuadorian Segunda Categoría. After two years in this club, he took a big step in his career, signing with Ecuadorian giants El Nacional.

In January 2008, he signed a deal with Peruvian side FBC Melgar.[1]

In mid 2011, Mercado signed a contract with Uruguayan side Montevideo Wanderers.[2]

Later career

In December 2018, Mercado signed with Águila of the Salvadoran Primera División.[3] He left the club in the summer 2019.

In February 2020, it was reported that Mercado had joined Paraguayan club Sportivo Luqueño.[4] However, in October 2020 Luqueño confirmed on Twitter, that Mercado never had signed officially with the club, but only trained with the team and played a few friendly games for them.[5] This clarification came after Mercado was presented at Uruguayan club Rocha in October 2020, where Rocha, in a part of the welcome, mentioned Sportivo Luqueño as Mercado's last club. Mercado later sued Luqueño because he claimed, that he had signed a contract with the club and didn't receive the payment of the commitments contained in the contract.[6]

Mercado officially joined Uruguayan club Rocha F.C. in the beginning of October 2020.[7] In March 2021, Mercado joined Guayaquil SC.

Honours

Club

C.D. Águila

References

  1. "FBC Melgar se reforzó con el delantero ecuatoriano Richard Mercado" (in Spanish). elcomercio.pe. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
  2. "Richard Mercado nuevo jugador bohemio" (in Spanish). mwfc.com.uy. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
  3. Estos son los primeros cambios en Alianza, FAS y Águila - ElSalvador.com (in Spanish)
  4. Tres más en el fichero, abc.com.py, 22 February 2020
  5. Luqueño aclara caso Mercado, d10.ultimahora.com, 8 October 2020
  6. Jorge Luna y Richard Mercado demandan al Sportivo Luqueño, versus.lanacion.com.py, 11 November 2020
  7. Una nueva oportunidad para El Roble (FOTO), futbolecuador.com, 6 October 2020
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