Cleber Chala - versatile midfielder. (Allsport)
CLEBER CHALA
Position: Midfield
Born: 29.01.71
Club: Southampton
Cleber Chala is the sort of player every manager loves.
Versatility seems to be a dying trait in footballers, but Chala has the ability to play anywhere across the middle of the park.
That affords his international coach Hernan Gomez and Southampton's Gordon Strachan an unusual luxury.
Chala joined the Saints just a week after Ecuador team-mate Agustin Delgado, who is also his cousin.
His spell in England has thus far been unsuccessful, though, and he joined La Nacional on loan in the closing stages of the season.
While Chala is unlikely to get as many goals as Delgado, he has an unerring eye for goal and his powerful runs from goal often see him get on the end of crosses from both sides.
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