Carlos Tenorio
Carlos Vicente Tenorio Medina is an Ecuadorian former footballer who last played for Ecuadorian club Atlético Saquisilí. From 2001 to 2009, he played for the Ecuador national team. Tenorio was a strong and quick player who played as a striker.
Club career
Tenorio began his club career with LDU Quito in the Ecuadorian Serie B, helping them regain promotion to Serie A in the 2001 season by topping the division with Tenorio scoring 11 league goals. In 2003, Tenorio won the Serie A title with LDU Quito.Blackburn Rovers and Wolverhampton Wanderers were interested in buying Tenorio, but LDU refused, believing Tenorio was inexperienced. Afterwards he joined Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr for one season, scoring 15 goals in 16 appearances. From 2003 to 2009, Tenorio played in Qatar for Al Sadd, winning three Qatar Stars League titles, before moving to Al-Nasr in the United Arab Emirates. Before the 2007 Copa América, Tenorio expressed interest in playing in the Premier League. In 2012, Tenorio returned to South America, playing for various clubs including Vasco da Gama who were relegated from the Brazilian Série A in 2013, and Bolívar who topped the Bolivian Primera División in 2014–15. He returned to Quito for one season in 2016.International career
Tenorio has represented his nation at the FIFA World Cup in 2002 [FIFA World Cup|2002] and 2006. In the 2006 World Cup, he scored against Poland and Costa Rica as Ecuador progressed to the second round.Career statistics
National team
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |
| 1 | FUJIFILM Stadium, Breda, Netherlands | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | |||
| 2 | Giants Stadium, New York City, United States | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | |||
| 3 | Estadio [Ricardo Saprissa Aymá], San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly | |||
| 4 | Atahualpa Olympic Stadium, Quito, Ecuador | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2006 [FIFA World Cup qualification |2006 FIFA World Cup qualification] | |||
| 5 | Vallecas Stadium, Madrid, Spain | 1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly | |||
| 6 | Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup | |||
| 7 | Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup | |||
| 8 | Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca, Ecuador | 2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly | |||
| 9 | Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, United States | 1–1 | 2–4 | Friendly | |||
| 10 | Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid, Spain | 1–1 | 1–2 | Friendly | |||
| 11 | Estadio La Cocha, Latacunga, Ecuador | 3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly | |||
| 12 | Estadio Monumental, Lima, Peru | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2010 FIFA [World Cup qualification |2010 FIFA World Cup qualification] |