José Francisco Cevallos, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

José Francisco Cevallos

Ecuadorian footballer

Date of Birth: 17-Apr-1971

Place of Birth: Ancón, Santa Elena Province, Ecuador

Profession: politician, association football player, sports administrator

Nationality: Ecuador

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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José Francisco Cevallos Villavicencio (born April 17, 1971 in Ancón, Santa Elena Province) is an Ecuadorian retired football goalkeeper, former Minister of Sports in Ecuador and current President of Barcelona, the football club where he started his professional career. Nicknamed Las Manos del Ecuador (English: The hands of Ecuador), Cevallos is considered by many to be the greatest goalkeeper in the history of Ecuadorian football.
He has won three national titles (1991, 1995, 1997) with Guayaquil based club Barcelona, with whom he has spent the majority of his professional career.
As the goalkeeper for LDU Quito, he was a key figure in the team's 2008 Copa Libertadores title, where he saved three penalties in the deciding penalty shoot-out.
That same year, he was voted as the Best Goalkeeper in South America by Montevideo based newspaper El País.
As a member of the national team, he has participated in four Copa Américas and Ecuador's first World Cup participation.
Having represented his national team 89 times, he is the highest capped goalkeeper in the history of the team.