Luis Ovalle
Ovalle playing for Panama at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Luis Carlos Ovalle Victoria
Date of birth (1988-09-07) 7 September 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Panama City, Panama
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
Sporting San Miguelito
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Sporting San Miguelito 57 (11)
2008 → Monterrey B (loan) 22 (0)
2009–2010 Chorrillo 32 (0)
2010–2012 Sporting San Miguelito 21 (0)
2012 → Patriotas (loan) 2 (0)
2013–2017 Zamora 136 (3)
2017 Deportes Tolima 6 (0)
2018 Olimpia 13 (0)
2018 Sporting San Miguelito 10 (0)
2019 Atlético Venezuela 14 (0)
2019 Deportivo Táchira 21 (0)
2020 Plaza Amador 5 (0)
2020-2021 Tauro 13 (0)
2021-2022 San Francisco 10 (0)
2022 Deportivo La Guaira 23 (0)
International career‡
2010–2018 Panama 27 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:52, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:33, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

Luis Carlos Ovalle Victoria (born 7 September 1988) is a Panamanian footballer who currently plays for as defender.

Club career

Ovalle came through the Sporting San Miguelito youth system and made his debut for their senior side in 2004. In 2008, he joined compatriot Felipe Baloy at Mexican side Monterrey[2] only to return to Panama to play for Chorrillo and later for Sporting San Miguelito again. In June 2012, Sporting loaned him to Colombian club Patriotas Boyaca.[3]

In January 2013, Ovalle crossed borders again when he joined compatriot Gabriel Torres at Venezuelan outfit Zamora.[4]

International career

He was part of the Panama U-20 squad that participated in the 2007 FIFA World Youth Cup in Canada.[5]

Ovalle made his senior debut for Panama in a December 2010 friendly match against Honduras and has, as of 10 June 2015, earned a total of four caps, scoring no goals.

In May 2018, he was named in Panama's preliminary 35 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[6]

Career statistics

International

As of 28 June 2018[7]
Panama
Year Apps Goals
2010 1 0
2011 0 0
2012 2 0
2013 0 0
2014 0 0
2015 1 0
2016 5 0
2017 13 0
2018 3 0
Total 25 0

References

  1. ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup: List of players" (PDF). FIFA. 10 July 2018. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  2. ^ Ovalle se queda con el Monterrey de Baloy – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  3. ^ LUIS OVALLE CEDIDO AL PATRIOTAS BOYACA FC Archived 10 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine – Sporting SM (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Defensa panameño Luis Ovalle firma con el Zamora de Venezuela – Telemetro (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Luis Ovalle – FIFA competition record (archived)
  6. ^ "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal.com. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Luis Ovalle". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 July 2018.

External links


Panama squad – 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Panama squad – 2018 FIFA World Cup
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