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{{short description|Ecuadorian footballer (born 1971)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Cléber Chalá
| fullname = Cléber Manuel Chalá Herrón
| height = 1.83 m
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1971|6|29}}
| birth_place = [[Imbabura Province|Imbabura]], [[Ecuador]]
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| years1 = 1990–2001
| years2 = 2001–2002
| years3 = 2002–2003
| years4 = 2004
| years5 = 2004
| years6 = 2005–2008
| clubs1 = [[C.D. El Nacional|El Nacional]]
| clubs2 = [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]
| clubs3 = [[C.D. El Nacional|El Nacional]]
| clubs4 = [[S.D. Quito|Deportivo Quito]]
| clubs5 = [[Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres|Universidad San Martín]]
| clubs6 = [[C.D. El Nacional|El Nacional]]
| caps1 = 359
| caps2 = 0
| caps3 = 45
| caps4 = 28
| caps5 = 15
| caps6 = 60
| goals1 = 77
| goals2 = 0
| goals3 = 16
| goals4 = 7
| goals5 = 2
| goals6 = 9
| totalcaps = 507
| totalgoals = 111
| nationalyears1 = 1992–2004
| nationalteam1 = [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]]
| nationalcaps1 = 86
| nationalgoals1 = 6
}}
'''Cléber Manuel Chalá Herrón''' (born June 29, 1971 in [[Imbabura Province|Imbabura]]) is a retired [[Ecuador]]ian football midfielder who played 86 games for the [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador national team]] between 1992 and 2004.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/ecua-recintlp.html rsssf: Ecuador record international footballers]</ref>

==Club career==
At club level he has played mostly for [[C.D. El Nacional|Nacional Quito]] where he has made over 450 appearances and participated in 4 [[Ecuadorian Serie A|Ecuadorian league]] championship winning campaigns (1992, 1996, 2005A & 2006).

He has also played club football for [[S.D. Quito|Deportivo Quito]] and [[Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres|Universidad San Martín de Porres]] in Peru. He also had a spell in England with [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] but never played in the first team.<ref>{{soccerbase|20969}}</ref><ref>[http://www.thesaintshub.com/cleberchala.html Cleber Chala] - The Saints Hub</ref> He was signed along with fellow countryman [[Agustín Delgado]], but neither made an impact in English football.

==International career==
Chalá played for Ecuador at the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] and in the [[1993 Copa América]],<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/93safull.html Copa América 1993]</ref> [[1997 Copa América]]<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/97safull.html Copa América 1997]</ref> and [[2001 Copa América]].<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2001safull.html Copa América 2001]</ref>

==Personal life==
He was father-in-law to fellow Ecuadorian footballer [[Christian Benítez]], who married Chalá's daughter Lizeth in 2007.<ref>[http://lahistoria.ec/2014/07/28/el-chucho-benitez-estaba-condenado-morir/ Un año después: ¿el Chucho Benítez estaba condenado a morir?] - La Historia {{in lang|es}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.thesaintshub.com/cleberchala.html Cleber Chala Career Profile]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110831070238/http://deporte.canal13.cl/deportes/html/Deportes/Futbol/Campeonatos/CopaAmerica2004/Figuras/175642.html Copa America 2004 profile] {{in lang|es}}

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|title= Cléber Chalá international tournaments
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{{Ecuador Squad 1993 Copa América}}
{{Ecuador Squad 1997 Copa América}}
{{Ecuador Squad 2001 Copa América}}
{{Ecuador Squad 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}
{{Ecuador Squad 2002 World Cup}}
{{Ecuador Squad Copa América 2004}}
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[[Category:1971 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Imbabura Province]]
[[Category:Ecuadorian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Ecuador men's international footballers]]
[[Category:1993 Copa América players]]
[[Category:1997 Copa América players]]
[[Category:2001 Copa América players]]
[[Category:2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup players]]
[[Category:2002 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:2004 Copa América players]]
[[Category:C.D. El Nacional footballers]]
[[Category:Southampton F.C. players]]
[[Category:S.D. Quito footballers]]
[[Category:Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres players]]
[[Category:Ecuadorian expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Peru]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
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