Eduar Ayrton Preciado García

Preciado was born in Esmeraldas and broke through at LDU Quito before a run through Portuguese football with CD Trofense and Leixões SC. He returned to Ecuador with SD Aucas, where the club now wears him as number 10, and it was a first stint there that set up his move to Club Sport Emelec.

The 2017 season at Emelec was the high point of his domestic career: he was named the competition's MVP and included in the Ideal 11. That form carried him abroad again, this time to Mexico, where Santos Laguna signed him in July 2018 for a fee reported in the millions of dollars, figures that varied depending on the outlet. He spent five years there, becoming a regular in the senior side while also appearing for the club's under-20 team.

After Santos Laguna, Preciado moved through Guayaquil City FC, Querétaro FC and Club Atlético Aldosivi in quick succession, before returning to Aucas as a free agent.

Internationally, he made his debut for Ecuador in February 2017 in a friendly win over Honduras in Guayaquil, and picked up further caps that year. His clearest international moment came in 2022, when he was named in Ecuador's squad for the World Cup in Qatar, wearing the number 9. He did not feature in any of the three group games, against Qatar, the Netherlands and Senegal, and remained an unused substitute throughout the tournament.