Jhon Espinoza
Ecuador football player (born 1999)
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Jhon Jairo Espinoza Izquierdo (born 24 February 1999) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ecuadorian LigaPro Serie A club Independiente del Valle and the Ecuador national team.
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| Full name | Jhon Jairo Espinoza Izquierdo[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 February 1999 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Guayaquil, Ecuador | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.77 m)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Kasımpaşa | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Cuenca | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Cuenca | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Aucas | 51 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Chicago Fire | 39 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Chicago Fire II | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Lugano | 51 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Kasımpaşa | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Ecuador U20 | 14 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Ecuador | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 October 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Born in Guayaquil, Espinoza began his career with Liga Pro club Cuenca, where he made his debut on 12 December 2017.[3] A few games into the 2018 season, Espinoza moved to Aucas.[3] He made his debut for the club on 30 July 2018 against Independiente Valle, starting in a 1–0 victory.[4]
On 18 February 2020, Espinoza scored his first goal for Aucas in a 2–1 victory over Vélez Sarsfield in the Copa Sudamericana.[5]
Chicago Fire
On 23 November 2020, Espinoza joined American Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire.[3] He made his debut for the club on 24 June 2021 against Atlanta United, coming on as a late substitute in the 3–1 victory.[6] On 27 December 2022, it was announced that Espinoza and Chicago had mutually agreed to terminate his deal immediately, and that he would join Swiss Super League side Lugano on 1 January 2023.[7]
Lugano
On 27 December 2022, Espinoza signed a 1.5-year contract with Lugano in Switzerland.[8]
Kasımpaşa
On 3 September 2024, Espinoza joined Kasımpaşa in Turkey.[9]
International career
Espinoza captained the Ecuadorian under-20 team at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup,[10] and scored the winning goal in a 2–1 win over the United States in the quarter-finals.[11]
Espinoza made his senior debut in 2019. In a match against Argentina on 13 October 2019 Espinoza unfortunately scored an own goal in a 6–1 loss.[12]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 13 August 2023[13]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cuenca | 2017 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |
| 2018 | Serie A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Aucas | 2018 | Serie A | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Serie A | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | Serie A | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 1 | 26 | 1 | |
| Total | 51 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 1 | ||
| Chicago Fire | 2021 | Major League Soccer | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 20 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Major League Soccer | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 20 | 0 | ||
| Total | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 40 | 0 | |||
| Lugano | 2022–23 | Swiss Super League | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Swiss Super League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 22 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 115 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 122 | 1 | ||
- Includes Copa Ecuador, U.S. Open Cup, Swiss Cup
- Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
International
- As of match played 13 January 2019[13]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Ecuador | 2019 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |