Luis Fragozo

Born in Riohacha in the La Guajira Department of Colombia, Fragozo's family moved to Ecuador when he was ten years old.^[2] Shortly after his arrival, he joined the academy of Emelec.^[2] He was promoted to the Emelec first team in mid-2024, at the age of fourteen, alongside youth teammates Leonel Cevallos and Emanuel Gonzáles.^[3] His unofficial debut would come in a pre-season friendly match against Peruvian club Alianza Lima on 12 January 2025,^[4] before he notched a goal and an assist in another friendly against local Ecuadorian club Jipijapa.^[5]

On 28 April 2025, aged fifteen years and twenty days old, Fragozo made his professional debut, coming on as a second half substitute for Elkin Muñoz in Emelec's 1–0 loss to Técnico Universitario. In doing so, he became the youngest player in LigaPro history since its creation in 2019, breaking the record held by Paulo Uruchima.^[6][7][8] He established himself as a first-team player over the next few months, and drew interest from other Ecuadorian LigaPro clubs, as well as Brazilian club Cruzeiro, following Emelec's underwhelming mid-table finish in 2025.^[9][10] Despite these links, Fragozo confirmed at the end of the 2025 season that he would remain with Emelec in 2026.^[11]

Fragozo is eligible to represent both Colombia and Ecuador at international level; having been born in Colombia, he was granted naturalisation in Ecuador in March 2025.^[12] Despite calls for Fragozo to represent Colombia from Colombian journalists, he was called up to an Ecuadorian under-15 squad for training in April of the same year.^[13] In June 2025 he represented the nation at an under-15 international cup in Quito.^[14]

In May 2025, he was called up to act as a "sparring partner" for the Ecuador national football team; a term used for young or fringe players used to play in friendly matches against the Ecuador team for practice.^[15] He was called up again to fulfil this role in March 2026.^[16]

As of 13 April 2026.