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{{short description|Ecuadorian footballer (born 1974)}}
{{BLP sources|date=November 2022}}
{{family name hatnote|Delgado|Chalá|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Agustín Delgado
| image = Agustín Delgado 2016.jpg
| caption = Delgado in 2016
| full_name = Agustín Javier Delgado Chalá<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |title=2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Ecuador |publisher=FIFA |page=9 |date=21 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610174527/https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=10 June 2019}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1974|12|23}}
| birth_place = [[Ambuquí]], [[Imbabura Province|Imbabura]], Ecuador
| height = 1.88 m
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1991–1992
| clubs1 = [[C.D. ESPOLI|ESPOLI]]
| caps1 = 12
| goals1 = 6
| years2 = 1993–1994
| clubs2 = [[Barcelona S.C.|Barcelona SC]]
| caps2 = 30
| goals2 = 25
| years3 = 1995–1996
| clubs3 = [[C.D. El Nacional|El Nacional]]
| caps3 = 30
| goals3 = 30
| years4 = 1997
| clubs4 = [[Independiente Medellín]]
| caps4 = 0
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1997–1998
| clubs5 = [[Barcelona S.C.|Barcelona SC]]
| caps5 = 34
| goals5 = 15
| years6 = 1998
| clubs6 = [[Cruz Azul]]
| caps6 = 8
| goals6 = 2
| years7 = 1999–2001
| clubs7 = [[Club Necaxa|Necaxa]]
| caps7 = 83
| goals7 = 38
| years8 = 2001–2004
| clubs8 = [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]
| caps8 = 11
| goals8 = 1
| years9 = 2004
| clubs9 = [[S.D. Aucas|Aucas]]
| caps9 = 13
| goals9 = 7
| years10 = 2004
| clubs10 = [[Club Universidad Nacional|UNAM]]
| caps10 = 11
| goals10 = 1
| years11 = 2005
| clubs11 = [[Barcelona S.C.|Barcelona SC]]
| caps11 = 38
| goals11 = 10
| years12 = 2006–2008
| clubs12 = [[L.D.U. Quito]]
| caps12 = 69
| goals12 = 24
| years13 = 2009
| clubs13 = [[C.S. Emelec|Emelec]]
| caps13 = 8
| goals13 = 0
| years14 = 2010
| clubs14 = [[C.D. Valle del Chota|Valle del Chota]]
| caps14 = 7
| goals14 = 0
| totalcaps = 324
| totalgoals = 159
| nationalyears1 = 1994–2006
| nationalteam1 = [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]]
| nationalcaps1 = 71
| nationalgoals1 = 31
}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Agustín Delgado
| office1             = Member of the [[National Assembly (Ecuador)|National Assembly]] for [[Imbabura Province]]
| term_start1         = 14 May 2013
| term_end1           = 
| party               = [[PAIS Alliance]]
}}

'''Agustín Javier Delgado Chalá''' (born 23 December 1974) is an Ecuadorian politician and former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]]. Nicknamed ''El Tín'', he was the all-time top scorer for the [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador national team]] with 31 goals in 71 games before being overtaken by [[Enner Valencia]]. Delgado played professional club football in Ecuador, Mexico and England.

Delgado made his debut for the [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador national team]] against [[Peru national football team|Peru]] in 1994. He has earned 71 caps, scoring 31 goals. He was part of their squad at the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] & [[2006 FIFA World Cup]], where he became the first Ecuadorian to score a goal in the [[FIFA World Cup]].

==Club career==
===Early career===
Delgado started his career in his native Ecuador with [[C.D. ESPOLI|ESPOLI]] in 1991 before joining [[Barcelona S.C.|Barcelona SC]] in 1994, where he played for one year, winning the [[Ecuadorian Serie A]] in 1995. He then joined [[C.D. El Nacional|El Nacional]] and again won the Ecuadorian league title, before returning to Barcelona and securing a third consecutive league winner's medal.

In 1998, Delgado moved to Mexico where he had a brief spell at [[Cruz Azul]]. He joined [[1999 CONCACAF Champions' Cup|CONCACAF champions]] [[Club Necaxa|Necaxa]] in 1999 and represented the club at the [[2000 FIFA Club World Championship]], scoring against [[South Melbourne FC|South Melbourne]] in the group stage, and in the third-place play-off against [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]] he scored in normal time as well as the winning penalty in the shootout.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/595956.stm |title=Necaxa stay on track |publisher=BBC |date=9 January 2000 |access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1999/12/99/world_club_championship/604240.stm |title=Mexican penalty kings depose Real |work=BBC News |date=14 January 2000 |access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref>

In late 2001, after scoring nine times as Ecuador [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|qualified]] for its first [[2002 FIFA World Cup|World Cup]], Necaxa accepted a £3.5m bid from English [[Premier League]] club [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/ecuador/squad/newsid_1898000/1898600.stm|title=Agustin Delgado|access-date=3 October 2013|date=10 April 2002|publisher=BBC}}</ref>

===Southampton===
Delgado moved to [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] in 2001. Unfortunately, he was dogged by injuries which restricted him to only a few games during his time with the Saints. Southampton tried to get him back to fitness after the injury he picked in Necaxa prior to the [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002 World Cup]] Qualifiers, but to no avail.

It might have been a different story had the striker refused to play while injured during the [[2002 World Cup]]. The pressure on him to play was enormous, as Ecuadorians believed that, with nine goals during the [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|2002 World cup qualifying campaign]], he was indispensable; and naturally, Delgado dreamed of playing in a [[FIFA World Cup]]. All that led to his decision to play despite injury while heavily medicated on painkillers. Upon return to England, it was found that his injury had become chronic, effectively destroying his future in Europe.<ref>{{cite news |date=17 June 2004 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/3817375.stm |title=Saints end Delgado contract |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=17 May 2007 }}</ref> He also alienated manager [[Gordon Strachan]] by refusing to learn English, and Strachan felt the player had been forced on the club and was very high maintenance. When pressed for his plans for the Ecuadorian, Strachan replied "I've got more important things to think about. I've got a yoghurt to finish by today, the expiry date is today. That can be my priority rather than Agustin Delgado."<ref>{{cite news |date=25 June 2006|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/worldcup2006blog/2006/jun/19/week|first=Paolo|last=Bandini|title=Maybe those world rankings do make sense |work=The Guardian  |access-date=24 June 2009}}</ref>

However, Delgado scored the winning goal for Southampton in a 3–2 home victory over the then [[FA Premier League|Premiership]] champions [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]].<ref>{{cite news |date=23 November 2002 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2487941.stm |title=Saints shock Arsenal |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=25 August 2009}}</ref> He also scored a goal against Liverpool in the League Cup.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/2390953.stm|title=Kirkland thwarts Saints|publisher=BBC |date=6 November 2002 |access-date=11 March 2010}}</ref>

===Later career===
After the unhappy spell at Southampton, he was released and returned to Ecuador to play for a [[Quito]] based club [[S.D. Aucas|Aucas]], which was topping the [[Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol|Ecuador Serie A]] with the likes of [[René Higuita]] and [[Gustavo Figueroa]] leading the way. He played an impressive half season and his return to form led to his joining Mexican club [[Club Universidad Nacional|UNAM]], where he helped the team win the league championship.

Delgado was then transferred to [[Barcelona S.C.|Barcelona SC]] from [[Club Universidad Nacional|UNAM]] on 1 January 2005 for an undisclosed fee. While at [[Barcelona S.C.|Barcelona SC]], he teamed up with his preferred Ecuador strike partner [[Iván Kaviedes]]. With these two formidable strikers leading the attack, the [[Guayaquil]] based club were expected to not only win championships, but to dominate the league. This did not happen. Delgado started strongly, but ended the season with only 7 goals. He was subsequently accused by the club president, Isidro Romero Carbo, of not taking the club seriously despite earning top wages. Following reports that Tin was partying late at wild clubs with teammates [[Edwin Villafuerte]] and [[Walter Ayovi]], prompting their exits from the prestigious club.

Delgado then joined [[L.D.U. Quito]], a team regularly featuring in the [[Copa Sudamericana]] and [[Copa Libertadores]]. With his new club, Tin again returned to scoring form and with his goal exploits, he helped Liga surprisingly reach the quarterfinals of the [[2006 Copa Libertadores]]. Delgado was one of eleven players banned for between 2 and 12 months for taking part in a vicious brawl at the end of LDU's 1–1 draw at home to Barcelona on 17 December 2006. Four Barcelona players were injured in the incident on the last day of the season which shocked the country and overshadowed the title won by El Nacional. The [[Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol|Ecuadorian Football Federation]] (FEF) said on its web site that the incident started with a clash between Delgado and his marker, Víctor Montoya. Montoya later denied that he had deliberately kicked Delgado's injured knee and received no sanction from the FEF. Delgado later said in the [[National Congress of Ecuador]] that he had been persecuted by the FEF.<ref>{{cite news|date=17 July 2007 |url=http://www.congreso.gov.ec/noticias/contenido.aspx?codigo_bol=4144&sitio=noticias |title=AGUSTÍN DELGADO DENUNCIÓ PERSECUCIÓN POR PARTE DE LA FEDERACIÓN ECUATORIANA DE FÚTBOL (Spanish) |publisher=Congreso Nacional de la República del Ecuador |access-date=17 November 2007 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Delgado was then involved in a scandal at a night club on New Year's Eve {{Citation needed|date=November 2007}} and left the country to try to continue his career in [[Major League Soccer]]. However, [[FIFA]] later blocked this by extending the playing ban internationally. The suspension was subsequently changed at an Extraordinary Congress of the FEF,<ref>{{cite news|date=2 May 2007 |url=http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/news/story?id=554454&page=story |title=Levantan suspensión de un año a Agustín Delgado (Spanish) |publisher=ESPN Deportes |access-date=17 November 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604153602/http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/news/story?id=554454&page=story |archive-date=4 June 2011 }}</ref> and Delgado was allowed to resume his playing career after 6 months' suspension.

In 2008, he was part of the squad that won the [[2008 Copa Libertadores|Copa Libertadores]], although he did not play in the [[Copa Libertadores 2008#Finals|final decisive game]].

In March 2009, the forward signed for [[C.S. Emelec|Emelec]] until December 2009. During the 2010 season, he was a player/administrator at [[C.D. Valle del Chota|Valle de Chota]] in his native town. He helped guide the club to promotion from the Segunda Categoria to the [[Ecuadorian Serie B|Serie B]] for the 2011 season. In February 2011, he announced his retirement from professional football to focus on administering the club.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.futbolecuador.com/stories/publica/19135 |title=El Adiós del Tin Delgado |trans-title=The farewell of Tin Delgado |language=es |date=16 February 2011 |access-date=16 February 2011 |publisher=futbolecuador.com }}</ref>

==International career==
Delgado's first goal at the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] was also the first goal for the Ecuadorian team in a World Cup, against [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]. Delgado was joint top scorer (with [[Hernán Crespo]]) in the [[CONMEBOL]] qualifiers for the tournament with 9 goals.

Delgado was known for being a strong player and an excellent finisher with either foot, but especially for his aerial prowess towering over opposing defences. He had a superb sense of positioning in the box and excellent field awareness. All this has given Tin an iconic status in Ecuador, and he obtained a reputation as one of the most feared South American strikers.

He helped Ecuador qualify once again for the World Cup, contributing 5 goals in 10 games but stated that [[2006 FIFA World Cup|Germany 06]] would be his last. In the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]], Delgado scored in the 80th minute in Ecuador's shock 2–0 win in their opening match against [[Poland national football team|Poland]]. In the following game, he scored in the 55th-minute goal in their 3–0 victory over [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]], enabling Ecuador to qualify alongside hosts [[Germany national football team|Germany]] for the last 16.

After the 2006 World Cup, Delgado announced his retirement from international football. He finished his international career with 71 caps and a record 31 goals for the national team.

== Political career ==
In the [[2013 Ecuadorian general election|Ecuadorian general election of 2013]] Delgado was chosen as member of the [[National Assembly (Ecuador)|National Assembly]] for [[Imbabura Province]]. Delgado serves as member of [[PAIS Alliance]]. [[Ulises de la Cruz]] and [[Iván Hurtado]], former teammates of Delgado at the national team also serve for the Pais Alliance in the National Assembly.<ref>{{cite web |author=Mariela Rosero |date=19 February 2013 |title=Alianza País podría controlar 2/3 de la Asamblea |url=http://www.elcomercio.com/elecciones2013/Alianza_Pais-controla-Asamblea-Ecuador-Correa-Rafael-elecciones_0_868713217.html |access-date=14 June 2013 |publisher=[[El Comercio (Ecuador)|El Comercio]] |archive-date=28 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428010018/http://www.elcomercio.com/elecciones2013/Alianza_Pais-controla-Asamblea-Ecuador-Correa-Rafael-elecciones_0_868713217.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Delgado, who has African ancestry, [[stuttering|stutters]]{{Citation needed|reason=Source states the cartoon makes fun of stuttering speech, but I cannot verify that Delgado is a stutterer|date=February 2024}} and has been the object of ridicule on [[social media]] and by the cartoonist Xavier Bonilla in the newspaper ''[[El Universo]].'' The cartoonist and the newspaper were sanctioned by La SUPERCOM, La Superintendencia de la Información y Comunicación, an Ecuadorean agency that regulates communications. According to [[Freedom House]], a Washington, DC–based NGO, the sanction was evidence of [[censorship]] by the [[Rafael Correa|Correa]] government.<ref name="WSJ021315">{{cite news |author1=Mercedes Alvaro |date=13 February 2015 |title=Ecuador Orders Newspaper and Cartoonist to Publish Apology |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/ecuador-orders-newspaper-and-cartoonist-to-publish-apology-1423875091 |access-date=16 February 2015}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{{updated|3 April 2015}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National cup
!colspan="2"|League cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[C.D. ESPOLI|ESPOLI]]
|[[Ecuadorian Serie B|1991]]
|[[Ecuadorian Serie B]]
||| ||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—|| ||
|-
|[[Ecuadorian Serie B|1992]]
|Ecuadorian Serie B
||| ||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—|| ||
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
! !! !!colspan="2"|—!!colspan=2|—!!colspan=2|—!! !!
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Barcelona S.C.|Barcelona SC]]
|[[Ecuadorian Serie A|1993]]
|[[Ecuadorian Serie A]]
|||13||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0|| ||13
|-
|[[Ecuadorian Serie A|1994]]
|Ecuadorian Serie A
|||12||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||4||2||4||14
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
! !!25!!colspan=2|—!!colspan=2|—!!4!!2!!4!!27
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[C.D. El Nacional|El Nacional]]
|[[Ecuadorian Serie A|1995]]
|Ecuadorian Serie A
|||11||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||6||0||6||11
|-
|[[Ecuadorian Serie A|1996]]
|Ecuadorian Serie A
|30||19||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0||30||19
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!30!!30!!colspan=2|—!!colspan=2|—!!6!!0!!36!!30
|-
|[[Independiente Medellín]]
|1997
|[[Categoría Primera A]]
||| ||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—|| || || ||
|-
|rowspan="3"|Barcelona SC
|[[Ecuadorian Serie A|1997]]
|Ecuadorian Serie A
|25||12||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0||25||12
|-
|[[1998 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A|1998]]
|Ecuadorian Serie A
|9||3||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||8||5||17||8
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!34!!15!!colspan=2|—!!colspan=2|—!!8!!5!!42!!20
|-
|[[Cruz Azul]]
|[[Primera División de México Invierno 1998|Invierno 1998]]
|[[Liga MX]]
|8||2||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||8||2
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[Club Necaxa|Necaxa]]
|[[Primera División de México Verano 1999|Verano 1999]]
|Liga MX
|13||4||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||13||4
|-
|[[Primera División de México|1999–2000]]
|Liga MX
|29||25||0||0||colspan="2"|—||4||2||33||27
|-
|[[Primera División de México|2000–01]]
|Liga MX
|32||7||0||0||colspan="2"|—||2||4||32||11
|-
|[[Primera División de México|2001–02]]
|Liga MX
|9||2||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||9||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!83!!38!!0!!0!!colspan=2|—!!7!!7!!90!!45
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]
|[[2001–02 FA Premier League|2001–02]]
|[[Premier League]]
|1||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||2||0
|-
|[[2002–03 FA Premier League|2002–03]]
|Premier League
|6||1||0||0||1||1||0||0||7||2
|-
|[[2003–04 FA Premier League|2003–04]]
|Premier League
|4||0||0||0||2||0||0||0||6||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!11!!1!!1!!0!!3!!1!!0!!0!!15!!2
|-
|[[S.D. Aucas|Aucas]]
|[[2004 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A|2004]]
|Ecuadorian Serie A
|13||7||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0||14||7
|-
|[[Club Universidad Nacional|UNAM]]
|[[Primera División de México Apertura 2004|Apertura 2004]]
|Liga MX
|11||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||11||1
|-
|Barcelona SC
|[[2005 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A|2005]]
|Ecuadorian Serie A
|38||10||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0||38||10
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[L.D.U. Quito]]
|[[2006 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A|2006]]
|Ecuadorian Serie A
|31||12||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||11||6||42||18
|-
|[[2007 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A|2007]]
|Ecuadorian Serie A
|20||6||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0||20||6
|-
|[[2008 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A|2008]]
|Ecuadorian Serie A
|18||6||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||12||1||30||7
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!69!!24!!colspan=2|—!!colspan=2|—!!23!!7!!92!!31
|-
|[[C.S. Emelec|Emelec]]
|[[2009 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A|2009]]
|Ecuadorian Serie A
|8||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0||9||0
|-
|[[C.D. Valle del Chota|Valle del Chota]]
|2010
|[[Ecuadorian Segunda Categoría|Segunda Categoría]]
|7||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||7||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!312!!153!!1!!0!!3!!1!!50!!21!!366!!175
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="13"|[[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]]
|1994||1||0
|-
|1995||2||0
|-
|1996||3||2
|-
|1997||9||3
|-
|1998||0||0
|-
|1999||8||2
|-
|2000||10||6
|-
|2001||11||7
|-
|2002||5||2
|-
|2003||0||0
|-
|2004||10||4
|-
|2005||8||3
|-
|2006||4||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!71!!31
|}

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

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Agustín Delgado
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| style="text-align:center"|1 || rowspan="2"|4 October 1996 || rowspan="2"|[[Estadio Bellavista]], [[Ambato, Ecuador|Ambato]], Ecuador || rowspan="2"|{{fb|JAM}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–1 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|2 || style="text-align:center"|2–1
|-
| style="text-align:center"|3 || 5 February 1997 || [[Estadio Azteca]], Mexico City, Mexico || {{fb|MEX}} || style="text-align:center"|1–3 || style="text-align:center"|1–3 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|4 || rowspan="2"|17 February 1997 || rowspan="2"|[[Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa]], Quito, Ecuador || rowspan="2"|{{fb|URU}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|4–0 || rowspan="2"|[[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|5 || style="text-align:center"|3–0
|-
| style="text-align:center"|6 || 4 June 1999 || [[Commonwealth Stadium (Edmonton)|Commonwealth Stadium]], [[Edmonton]], Canada || {{fb|GUA}} || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || [[1999 Canada Cup]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|7 || 15 June 1999 || [[Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo]], [[San Cristóbal, Táchira|San Cristóbal]], Venezuela || {{fb|VEN}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–3 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|8 || 29 March 2000 || [[Estadio de Liga Deportiva Universitaria]], Quito, Ecuador || {{fb|VEN}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|9 || rowspan="2"|25 June 2000 || rowspan="2"|Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador || rowspan="2"|{{fb|PAN}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|5–0 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|10 || style="text-align:center"|3–0
|-
| style="text-align:center"|11 || rowspan="2"|16 August 2000 || rowspan="2"|Estadio de Liga Deportiva Universitaria, Quito, Ecuador || rowspan="2"|{{fb|BOL}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–0 || rowspan="2"|2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| style="text-align:center"|12 || style="text-align:center"|2–0
|-
| style="text-align:center"|13 || 8 October 2000 || Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador || {{fb|CHI}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| style="text-align:center"|14 || 28 March 2001 || Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador || {{fb|BRA}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| style="text-align:center"|15 || rowspan="2"|24 April 2001 || rowspan="2"|Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador || rowspan="2"|{{fb|PAR}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–1 || rowspan="2"|2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| style="text-align:center"|16 || style="text-align:center"|2–1
|-
| style="text-align:center"|17 || 2 June 2001 || [[Estadio Monumental "U"|Estadio Monumental]], Lima, Peru || {{fb|PER}} || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| style="text-align:center"|18 || rowspan="2"|17 July 2001 || rowspan="2"|[[Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez]], [[Barranquilla]], Colombia || rowspan="2"|{{fb|VEN}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|4–0 || rowspan="2"|[[2001 Copa América]]
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| style="text-align:center"|19 || style="text-align:center"|4–0
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| style="text-align:center"|20 || 6 October 2001 || [[Estadio Hernando Siles]], La Paz, Bolivia || {{fb|BOL}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|5–1 || 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| style="text-align:center"|21 || 8 May 2002 || [[Giants Stadium]], [[East Rutherford, New Jersey|East Rutherford]], United States || {{fb|YUG}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|22 || 8 June 2002 || [[Miyagi Stadium]], [[Miyagi Prefecture|Miyagi]], Japan || {{fb|MEX}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || [[2002 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|23 || 2 June 2004 || Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador || {{fb|COL}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|24 || 5 June 2004 || Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador || {{fb|BOL}} || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || style="text-align:center"|3–2 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| style="text-align:center"|25 || 7 July 2004 || [[Estadio Elías Aguirre]], [[Chiclayo]], Peru || {{fb|ARG}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|1–6 || [[2004 Copa América]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|26 || 13 July 2004 || [[Estadio Miguel Grau (Piura)|Estadio Miguel Grau]], [[Piura]], Peru || {{fb|MEX}} || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || 2004 Copa América
|-
| style="text-align:center"|27 || 4 June 2005 || Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador || {{fb|ARG}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| style="text-align:center"|28 || rowspan="2"|3 September 2005 || rowspan="2"|Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia || rowspan="2"|{{fb|BOL}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–1 || rowspan="2"|2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| style="text-align:center"|29 || style="text-align:center"|2–1
|-
| style="text-align:center"|30 || 9 June 2006 || [[Veltins-Arena|FIFA WM Stadion Gelsenkirchen]], [[Gelsenkirchen]], Germany || {{fb|POL}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || [[2006 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|31 || 15 June 2006 || [[HSH Nordbank Arena|FIFA WM Stadion Hamburg]], Hamburg, Germany || {{fb|CRC}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || 2006 FIFA World Cup
|}

==Honours==
'''Barcelona SC'''
*[[Ecuadorian Serie A|Serie A]]: 1995, 1997

'''El Nacional'''
*[[Ecuadorian Serie A|Serie A]]: 1996

'''Necaxa'''
*[[CONCACAF Champions Cup]]: 1999

'''UNAM'''
*[[Primera División de México|Primera División]]: 2004 Apertura

'''L.D.U. Quito'''
*[[Ecuadorian Serie A|Serie A]]: [[2007 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A|2007]]
*[[Copa Libertadores]]: [[2008 Copa Libertadores|2008]]


'''Ecuador'''
*[[Canada Cup (soccer)|Canada Cup]]: [[1999 Canada Cup|1999]]

==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==External links==
*{{Soccerbase}}
*{{NFT player|pid=2015}}
*[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/delgado-intlg.html International statistics] at [[rsssf]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927173003/http://www.autogramm-archiv.de/groundhopping/2006-06-15-ecuador-costa-rica-08.htm Agustín Delgado shot a goal against Costa Rica at Worldcup 2006]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070208125951/http://www.tindelgado.com/ Player's own website (Spanish)]
*[http://www.myspace.com/tingol11 Official Myspace]

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