Polo Carrera

Polo Carrera
Personal information
Full name	Paúl Fernando Carrera Velasteguí
Date of birth	January 11, 1945 (age 79)
Place of birth	Quito, Ecuador
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1960–1964	LDU Quito
1965	Deportivo Quito
1965–1967	LDU Quito
1966	Fluminense
1967	Barcelona
1968–1969	Peñarol
1970	River Plate (URU)
1971–1973	El Nacional
1974	Universidad Católica
1975–1977	LDU Quito
1978–1980	Universidad Católica
1981	América de Quito
1982	LDU Quito
1983	Deportivo Quito
1984	LDU Quito
Total
International career‡
1966–1983	Ecuador
Managerial career
1990–1991	LDU Quito
1992–1993	ESPOLI
1994	El Nacional
1995	Aucas
1996–1997	Deportivo Quito
1998	Ecuador
1999	ESPOLI
2009	Aucas
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 22, 2009; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of September 22, 2009

Paúl Fernando Carrera Velasteguí, known better as Polo Carrera (born January 11, 1945, in Quito), is an Ecuadorian retired football player and former manager. He has played for clubs in Ecuador and Uruguay, as well as the Ecuador football team

Club career

Carrera started his career at LDU Quito at the age of 15 in 1960, where he stayed until transferred to Peñarol of Uruguay in 1968.

He then transferred to cross-town team River Plate de Montevideo in 1970. He then returned to Ecuador to play for several clubs until his retirement in 1984.

He was the all-time top goalscorer in the Copa Libertadores tournament for LDU Quito with 12 goals, until surpassed by Patricio Urrutia.

Coaching career

Since retiring from football, Carrera started his coaching career in 1990 with LDU Quito as a manager at senior level. He was the senior team coach from 1990 to 1991, where he guided the club to their improbable 4th Serie A title in 1990, after a 15-year title drought. He later coached the Ecuador national team in 1998 with little success.

Starting in 2000 he held various elected positions in government.

In August 2009 he was named as manager at Sociedad Deportiva Aucas.^[1]