QUITO.- Leonardo Campana, of the Inter Miamireturns to the selection of Ecuador as one of the new additions to the list of those called up by the Argentine coach, Sebastián Beccacece, to face Paraguay and Uruguay in the next matches of the World Cup qualifiers.
After almost a year of absence from the national team, Campana – a prominent figure of Inter Miami, where he has played since 2022 – was considered by Beccacece on the list of 25 players that was unveiled on Friday by the Ecuadorian Football Federation.
On Thursday, October 10, Ecuador will host the Paraguayan team in Quito for the ninth round and five days later it will visit the Uruguayan team in Montevideo in the tenth round heading to the 2026 World Cup.
The call to Gonzalo Plata, from Flamengo of Brazil, also stands out after not having been taken into account for the Copa América.
The Argentine helmsman also opted for midfielder Óscar Zambrano, from Hull City in England.
Gonzalo Valle, substitute goalkeeper from Liga de Quito, joins the goal, in contrast to the absence of Alexander Domínguez, who was ruled out for the second time.
Ecuador comes from beating Peru 1-0 at home on the previous date and placed fourth in the direct classification zone with 11 points.
The day before, Beccacece, who took over the leadership of the tricolor at the beginning of August, warned that caution should be taken with the albirroja, his next rival, whom he considered a team on the rise, thanks to the leadership of the also Argentine, Gustavo Alfaro. .
Squad
Goalkeepers: Hernán Galíndez (Huracán, Argentina), Moisés Ramírez (Independiente del Valle), Gonzalo Valle (Quito League).
Defenders: Xavier Arreaga (New England Revolution, England), Piero Hincapié (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany), Willian Pacho (Paris Saint-Germain, France), Félix Torres (Corinthians, Brazil), Joel Ordóñez (Club Bruges, Belgium), Pervis Estupiñán (Brighton, England), Jhoanner Chávez (Lens, France), Ángelo Preciado (Sparta Prague, Czech Republic), Cristian Ramírez (Ferencváros, Hungary).
Midfielders: Alan Minda (Cercle Brugge, Belgium), Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea, England), Alan Franco (Atlético Mineiro, Brazil), Óscar Zambrano (Hull City, England), Kendry Páez (Independiente del Valle), Jeremy Sarmiento (Brighton, England), Pedro Vite (Vancouver Whitecaps, MLS), John Yeboah (Rakow Czestochowa, Poland), Gonzalo Plata (Flamengo, Brazil), John Mercado (AVS Futebol, Portugal).
Forwards: Enner Valencia (Inter Porto Alegre, Brazil), Kevin Rodríguez (Union Saint-Gilloise, Belgium), Leonardo Campana (Inter Miami, United States).
