Erik Súniga

Very little of Erick Zúñiga's story has made it into the public record so far. What is documented is the shift he has made within the game: signed for the position of an attacking winger before being redeployed on the left side of defence, a switch that has kept him useful to whichever side he has played for. He operates on the left, feeding off his stronger left foot whether he is asked to get forward down the flank or track back and defend the width.

His path has run through Ecuadorian football's age-group system, with appearances for the country's under-20 side along the way, though he has not yet been capped by the senior national team. At club level, his experience has been built up steadily rather than in one dramatic breakthrough: around 35 appearances in the Ecuadorian top flight, the Primera A, form the backbone of his career so far.

He joined Delfín SC at the start of this year, a move that placed him at a club where his adaptability between midfield and defensive duties on the left is likely to be tested further. Details of his earlier career — the clubs that developed him, where exactly he was born — remain out of public view for now, leaving his Delfín spell as the clearest chapter of his story to date.