Carlos Tenorio

Carlos Vicente Tenorio Medina (born 14 May 1979) is an Ecuadorian former footballer who played as a striker. He last played for Ecuadorian club Atlético Saquisilí. From 2001 to 2009, he played for the Ecuador national team.

Club career

Tenorio began his club career with LDU Quito in the Ecuadorian Serie B, helping them regain promotion to Serie A in the 2001 season by topping the division with Tenorio scoring 11 league goals. In 2003, Tenorio won the Serie A title with LDU Quito. Blackburn Rovers and Wolverhampton Wanderers were interested in buying Tenorio, but LDU refused, believing Tenorio was inexperienced. Afterwards he joined Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr for one season, scoring 15 goals in 16 appearances.

From 2003 to 2009, Tenorio played in Qatar for Al Sadd, winning three Qatar Stars League titles, before moving to Al-Nasr in the United Arab Emirates. Before the 2007 Copa América, Tenorio expressed interest in playing in the Premier League. In 2012, Tenorio returned to South America, playing for various clubs including Vasco da Gama who were relegated from the Brazilian Série A in 2013, and Bolívar who topped the Bolivian Primera División in 2014–15. He returned to Quito for one season in 2016.

International career

Tenorio has represented his nation at the FIFA World Cup in 2002 and 2006. In the 2006 World Cup, he scored against Poland and Costa Rica as Ecuador progressed to the second round.

Career statistics

National team

Scores and results list Ecuador's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tenorio goal.