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'{{spanish name 2|Caicedo|Corozo}} {{Infobox Football biography 2 | playername = Felipe Caicedo | image = [[Image:Caiedo.png|200 px]] | fullname = Felipe Salvador Caicedo Corozo | height = {{height|ft=6|in=1}} | dateofbirth = {{birth date and age|1988|9|5}} | cityofbirth = [[Guayaquil]] | countryofbirth = [[Ecuador]] | currentclub = [[Sporting Lisbon]] | clubnumber = 20 | position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]], [[Midfielder#Winger|Winger]] | youthyears1 = 2004&ndash;2006 | youthclubs1 = [[Rocafuerte Fútbol Club|Rocafuerte]] | years1 = 2006&ndash;2008 | years2 = 2008&ndash; | years3 = 2009&ndash;2010 | clubs1 = [[FC Basel|Basel]] | clubs2 = [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] | clubs3 = → [[Sporting Lisbon]] ''(loan)'' | caps(goals)1 = 44 (12) | caps(goals)2 = 27 {{0}}(5)<!--League appearances and goals only, see Soccerbase for stats--> | caps(goals)3 = | nationalyears1 = 2007&ndash; | nationalteam1 = [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]] | nationalcaps(goals)1 = 27 {{0}}(3) | pcupdate = 08:31, 28 May 2009 (UTC) | ntupdate = 13:14, 21 September 2008 (UTC) }} '''Felipe Salvador Caicedo Corozo''' (born 5 September 1988 in [[Guayaquil]]) is an [[Ecuador]]ian [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]] for [[Sporting Lisbon]] on loan from [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] in the [[Premier League]]. ==Club career== ===Basel=== Caicedo was signed by [[Swiss Super League]] side [[FC Basel|Basel]] from [[Rocafuerte Fútbol Club|Rocafuerte]] in his native [[Ecuador]] during the Swiss 2005&ndash;06 season for an undisclosed fee while he was just 17 years old. Due to his extreme youth he was trained in the minor divisions. He went on to play 20 games for Basel in the following 2006&ndash;07 season, accompanied by 3 Swiss League goals. Clubs from [[La Liga]], [[Premier League]], and [[Serie A]] were monitoring his progress, with [[AC Milan]] said to have made an enquiry in winter of 2007.<ref>{{cite news | date=[[2007-12-07]] | title=English eyes on Caicedo | url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11981_2943260,00.html | publisher=''[[Sky Sports]]'' | accessdate=2009-07-18}}</ref> ===Manchester City=== On 31 January 2008, it was announced that Manchester City had secured Caicedo's services on a 4 and a half year deal through a £5.2 million transfer fee, (7 million Euros) which would make his sale one of the highest transfer in the history of the Swiss League. His transfer to [[Manchester City]] was completed after Caicedo was granted a work permit.<ref>{{cite news | date=2008-01-31 | url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_3096727,00.html | title=City close on Caicedo | publisher=[[Sky Sports]] | accessdate=2008-01-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | date=2008-01-31 | url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=511374&in_page_id=1779&ct=5 | title=Manchester City sign striker Caicedo for £5m | publisher=[[Daily Mail]] | accessdate=2008-01-31}}</ref> Caicedo was described by his manager as one of the great South American talents and was also compared to [[Adriano Leite Ribeiro|Adriano]].<ref>{{cite news | date=2008-01-31 | url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=503855&cc=5901 | title=City poised for double striker transfer swoop | publisher=[[ESPNsoccernet]] | accessdate=2008-01-31}}</ref> He made his debut on 10 February 2008 in a 2&ndash;1 away win against rivals [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], coming on in the second half. He ended the season with 10 appearances in the [[Premier League]], all of them coming on as a substitute. With the arrival of the 2008&ndash;09 season, Caicedo was tipped to leave City in order to get experience at a starting level. ===2008-09=== Caicedo scored his first goal for Man City in an [[UEFA Cup]] game against [[Racing Santander]]. He scored his second consecutive goal with a back heel in a [[English Premier League|league]] game against [[West Bromwich Albion Football Club|West Bromwich]], but the goal was officially ruled as an own goal, because it hit the post and then the goalkeeper to be finally in. The goal was later given back to Caicedo after reconsideration from the [[Dubious Goals Committee]]. After these solid performances, both coming off the bench, [[Mark Hughes]] gave him the opportunity to start his first game in the [[English Premier League|League]] and he went on to score for the third game in a row, this time scoring the first two goals against [[Hull City]] on December 26, 2008, in a 5&ndash;1 victory, taking his goal tally up to 4. He started against [[Blackburn Rovers]] on December 28, 2008. Caicedo opened the scoring in the first leg of the [[UEFA Cup]] last 16 tie with [[Aalborg]] at the [[City of Manchester stadium]]. [[Manchester City]] won the game 2&ndash;0. Caicedo scored his sixth goal of the season for Manchester City against [[SV Hamburg]] on 16 April, 2009, but City exited the cup due to 4-3 aggregate defeat. Caicedo has continued to impress a large number of Manchester City fans with his strong performances as a single striker with the ability to hold up the ball in key areas and shrug off defenders. Felipe's 7th Manchester City goal came in City's 3-1 home win over [[Blackburn Rovers]], [[2 May]] [[2009]]. Caicedo scored his 8th goal for [[Manchester City]] in the 1-0 win over [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton]] on the last day of the season at the [[City of Manchester Stadium]].<ref>{{cite news | date=2009-05-24 | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8048313.stm | title=Caicedo finds the net in 1-0 win over Bolton | publisher=[[BBC Sport]] | accessdate=2009-05-24}}</ref> ===Sporting=== According to the obligations of [[Roque Santa Cruz]] and [[Emmanuel Adebayor]] the young striker from [[Manchester City]] is loaned out for one year at the Portuguese club [[Sporting Lisbon]], the Ecuadorian should collect game practice<ref>[http://www.lequipe.fr/Allos/TRANSFERT_Sporting-Portugal.html Sporting : Caicedo arrive, Romagnoli part]</ref>, he can also operate on either [[Midfielder#Winger|wing]]. ==International career== Previous to that he had earned a few caps for the [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuadorian football team]], including a very prestigious friendly match at the age of 16 against [[Italy national football team|Italy]] in mid-2005, despite failing to get a call-up for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] squad, he is seen as one of Ecuador's most exciting players of the generation. Caicedo has represented the [[Ecuador national football team]] at under-20 and at full international level. In 2007 he was selected to play for Ecuador in the [[2007 South American Youth Championship]]. Moreover, Caicedo was chosen to play for [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador's senior national football team]] by coach [[Luis Fernando Suárez]] for two international friendlies against the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]], in which he scored one goal, and [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] on March 25 and 28, 2007, respectively. Caicedo was picked for the [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]] squad to compete in the [[2007 Copa America]] and given the number 10 shirt. He made appearances in all three losses to [[Chile national football team|Chile]], [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]], and [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] as a substitute but impressed greatly his talent and skill. He is considered by many people including journalists as the second best Ecuadorian player of this generation after [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]'s [[Midfielder#Winger|winger]] [[Antonio Valencia]]. On February 10 2009 Caicedo scored the winning goal in a 3&ndash;2 victory against England's U-21 team. ==Racist abuse== On 25th June, 2009 Caicedo issued a writ alleging racist discrimination against himself from restaurant owners in [[Guayaquil]], [[Ecuador]]'s largest city, where he was spending his post-season holiday with his family.<ref>{{cite news | date=[[2009-06-25]] | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/feedarticle/8577421 | title=Ecuador striker Caicedo accuses restaurant of racism | publisher=[[The Guardian]] | accessdate=2009-07-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | date=[[2009-06-25]] | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=soccer&id=4287761 | title=Caicedo accuses restaurant of racism | publisher=[[ESPN]] | accessdate=2009-07-08}}</ref> Caicedo was reportedly searched and was asked to identify himself, a treatment he considered to be worthy of a 'delinquent'. The restaurant leadership claimed it was a necessary action, owing it to the increased delinquency in Guayaquil. == Trivia == Caicedo is the only Ecuadorian footballer to have started his career in Europe, when he made his debut in 2006 for [[FC Basel]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{soccerbase|id=45227|name=Felipe Caicedo}} *[http://www.felipecaicedo20.com/ Official website of Felipe Caicedo] {{Ecuador Squad 2007 Copa América}} {{Manchester City F.C. 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