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{{short description|Ecuadorian footballer (born 1961)}}
{{family name hatnote|Capurro|Bautista|lang=Spanish}}
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 | name = Luis Capurro
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 | fullname = Luis Enrique Capurro Bautista 
 | height = 1.80 m
 | birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1961|5|1}}         
 | birth_place = [[Esmeraldas, Ecuador|Esmeraldas]], [[Ecuador]]
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 | position = [[Defender (football)|Left-back]]
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 |  years1 = 1978–1983  
| years2 = 1983  
| years3 = 1984–1988  
| years4 = 1989–1992  
| years5 = 1993  
| years6 = 1994–1996  
| years7 = 1996 
| years8 = 1997–1998  
| years9 = 1999–2000
| years10 = 2001–2002
 |  clubs1 = Patria de Esmeraldes  
| clubs2 = Milago Sporting  
| clubs3 = [[Club Deportivo Filanbanco|Filanbanco]]  
| clubs4 = [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]]  
| clubs5 = [[Cerro Porteño]]  
| clubs6 = [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]]  
| clubs7 = [[Racing Club de Avellaneda|Racing Club]] 
| clubs8 = [[Barcelona Sporting Club|Barcelona SC]]  
| clubs9 = [[LDU Quito]]
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| caps8 = 62
| caps9 = 60
| caps10 = 34
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| goals8 = 2
| goals9 = 1
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 | nationalyears1 = 1985–2003
 | nationalteam1 = [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]]
 | nationalcaps1 = 100  
| nationalgoals1 = 1 
 | pcupdate = July 2012
}}

'''Luis  Enrique Capurro Bautista''' (born May 1, 1961 in [[Esmeraldas, Ecuador|Esmeraldas]], [[Ecuador]]) is a former [[Association football|football]] player. He played 100 games for the [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador national team]]<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/ecua-recintlp.html rsssf: Ecuador record international footballers] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605013430/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/ecua-recintlp.html |date=2009-06-05 }}</ref>

==Club career==
He began his career in Patria De Esmeraldas (Ecuador. He also played for [[Barcelona SC]], [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]], Patria de Guayaquil, Milagro Sport, Filanbanco, [[LDU Quito]], [[Cerro Porteño]] of Paraguay and [[Racing Club de Avellaneda|Racing Club]] of Argentina.

Capurro won two [[Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol|Ecuadorian league]] titles, in 1994 with [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]] and in 1997 with [[Barcelona SC]].

His large moustache and regular appearances for the Ecuador national team helped him to get recognised around South America and he got his dream to play outside of Ecuador. He joined [[Cerro Porteño]] of [[Paraguay]] in 1993, later in his career he went [[Argentina]] to play for [[Racing Club de Avellaneda|"La Academia"]] of Coco Basile, but soon returned to Ecuador.

Once retired he decided to live in New York City.
But his talent was still recognized even far from his native Ecuador. Luis Capurro was hired once again to play, this time for a Latin American League in Plainfield New Jersey. He captained Cosmos Futbol Club into its Second Championship.

==Honours==

===Club===
* '''[[Club Sport Emelec]]'''
** [[Serie A de Ecuador]]: 1993, 1994
* '''[[Barcelona Sporting Club|Barcelona SC]]'''
** [[Serie A de Ecuador]]: 1997
* '''[[LDU Quito]]'''
** [[Serie A de Ecuador]]: 1999

===Nation===
* '''[[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]]'''
** [[1995 Korea Cup|Korea Cup]]: [[1995 Korea Cup|1995]]

==See also==
* [[List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/capurro-intl.html International statistics] at [[rsssf]]
*[https://archive.today/20130122125343/http://www.eluniverso.com/2003/02/09/0001/15/B723944DD4134832A50FB5B7FBF0518A.aspx Interview celebrating his 100 caps]

{{1993 South American Team of the Year}}
{{1995 South American Team of the Year}}
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{{Ecuador squad 1997 Copa América}}
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[[Category:1987 Copa América players]]
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[[Category:C.S. Emelec footballers]]
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[[Category:Barcelona S.C. footballers]]
[[Category:L.D.U. Quito footballers]]
[[Category:FIFA Men's Century Club]]
[[Category:Ecuadorian expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina]]
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