Christian Lara (footballer)

Ecuadorian footballer (born 1980)

Christian Rolando Lara Anangonó, nicknamed Diablito (Little Devil) (born April 27, 1980 in Quito), is an Ecuadorian former footballer who played as a midfielder.

He spent most of his career with C. D. El Nacional football team in Ecuador. After a spell in Al Wakrah SC in the Qatari League, he returned to his homeland from the Middle East to play for Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito (LDU) and went on to win the Ecuadorian Championship. He was then transferred to another Ecuadorian team in the city of Guayaquil Barcelona SC. In the year 2007 he received the award of being the best player playing in Ecuador's league. On January 2, he signed for Colombian team Deportivo Pereira. On June 17, 2009 Lara was signed again with Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito.

He is a midfielder. He made his Ecuador national team debut in 2001. Looked on for a long time as one of Ecuador's most promising players, he scored and made an assist against Argentina in the CONMEBOL 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) to lead Ecuador to a 2 0 win over the South American giants. He was in the team's squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Ecuador's second appearance in the finals. At 162 cm, he was considered the shortest player to play in the Germany 06 edition. In his last current played with Ecuador game against El Salvador, he scored the first goal in a 5 1 home win in Quito.

ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsEl Nacional2000Serie A31—00312001Serie A3415—3137162002Serie A4011—8048112003Serie A409—304392004Serie A386—604462005Serie A4011—2142122006Serie A162—61223Total21155—28323958Al Wakrah SC2006–07Q League1220000122Total1220000122L. D. U. Quito2007Serie A4416—605016Total4416—605016Barcelona SC2008Serie A414—00414Total414—00414Deportivo Pereira2009Liga Águila1620000162Total1620000162L. D. U. Quito2009Serie A140—702102010Serie A343—50393Total483—120603El Nacional2011Serie A313—00313Total313—00313Real Cartagena2012Liga Águila803000110Total803000110Manta FC2012Serie A203—002032013Serie A182—00182Total385—00385Deportivo Quito2014Serie A438—20458Total438—20458El Nacional2015Serie A414—004142016Serie A4010—004010Total8114—008114Dorados de Sinaloa2017Ascenso MX30410071Total30410071Clan Juvenil2018Serie B143—00143Total143—00143El Nacional2018Serie A00—0000Total00—0000Career total59011571483645119