Gonzalo Plata

Gonzalo Plata
Personal information
Full name	Gonzalo Jordy Plata Jiménez
Date of birth	1 November 2000 (age 21)
Place of birth	Guayaquil, Ecuador
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Club information
Current team	Valladolid; (on loan from Sporting CP)
Number	12
Youth career
2011–2012	LDU Quito
2012–2018	Independiente del Valle
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2019	Independiente del Valle
2019–	Sporting CP
2021–	→ Valladolid (loan)
National team‡
2018–2019	Ecuador U20
2019–	Ecuador
Honours
Men's football
Representing Ecuador
FIFA U-20 World Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 December 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 July 2021

Gonzalo Jordy Plata Jiménez (born 1 November 2000) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club Real Valladolid, on loan from Portuguese club Sporting CP, and the Ecuador national team.^[1]

Club career[]

Plata joined Sporting from Ecuadorean club Independiente del Valle for an undisclosed fee during the 2018–19 winter transfer window. Plata scored his first Primeira Liga goal for Sporting in a 2–0 win over Boavista on 23 February 2020.^[2]

On 19 May 2021, Plata scored in Sporting's 5–1 win over Marítimo as the club won their first Primeira Liga title in 19 years.^[3]^[4]

On 31 August 2021, Plata joined Spanish Segunda División side Real Valladolid on loan for the 2021–22 season.^[5]

As of match played 19 May 2021.^[6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sporting CP	2018–19	Primeira Liga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0^[a]	0	–		0	0
	2019–20	Primeira Liga	21	2	0	0	1	1	2^[a]	0	–		24	3
	2020–21	Primeira Liga	9	1	2	0	2	0	1^[a]	0	–		14	1
Career total			30	3	2	0	3	1	3	0	0	0	38	4

Scores and results list Ecuador's goal tally first.^[7]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	10 September 2019	Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca, Ecuador	Bolivia	3–0	3–0	Friendly
2.	13 October 2020	Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito, Ecuador	Uruguay	4–0	4–2	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.	17 November 2020		Colombia	5–1	6–1
4.	8 June 2021		Peru	1–2	1–2
5.	20 June 2021	Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Venezuela	2–1	2–2	2021 Copa América

Sporting CP

Ecuador U20

Indidivual

^ "Gonzalo Plata" (in Portuguese). Sporting CP. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
^ "Sporting CP 2:0 Boavista FC". Liga Portugal (in Portuguese). 23 February 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
^ "Sporting 5-1 Marítimo: Pot of gold to close the season". Primetime Zone. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Sporting é campeão de Portugal ao fim de 19 anos" [Sporting are champions of Portugal after 19 years] (in Portuguese). UEFA. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
^ "Gonzalo Plata potencia el ataque" [Gonzalo Plata bolsters the attack] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ "G. Plata". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
^ "Gonzalo Plata". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
^ Ribeiro, Patrick (23 January 2021). "Sporting battle their way to League Cup glory with victory over Braga". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
^ "Sporting CP win Supertaça with victory over SC Braga". Sporting CP. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^ "Lee, Lunin headline award winners at Poland 2019". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2019. Archived from the original on June 16, 2019.

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