Carlos Tenorio

Carlos Tenorio

Personal information
Full name	Carlos Vicente Tenorio Medina
Date of birth	(1979-05-14) 14 May 1979
Place of birth	Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2003	LDU Quito	61	(31)
2003	→ Al Nassr (loan)	16	(15)
2003–2009	Al-Sadd	88	(63)
2009–2011	Al-Nasr	25	(23)
2012–2013	Vasco da Gama	33	(6)
2014	El Nacional	12	(5)
2014–2015	Bolívar	55	(23)
2016	LDU Quito	22	(3)
2017	Sport Boys	2	(0)
2018	Atlético Saquisilí	2	(1)
International career
2001–2011	Ecuador	50	(12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 May 2022

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Tenorio and the second or maternal family name is Medina.

Carlos Vicente Tenorio Medina (born 14 May 1979) is an Ecuadorian former footballer who last played for Ecuadorian club Atlético Saquisilí. From 2001 to 2009, he played for the Ecuador national football team.

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. 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. 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 and 2006. In the 2006 World Cup, he scored against Poland and Costa Rica as Ecuador progressed to the second round.

Career statistics

Club	Season	League			State league+Super Cup		League Cup		National Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
LDU Quito	2001	Serie B	22	11	—		—				—		22	11
	2002	Serie A	37	16	—		—				0	0	37	16
	2003		2	4	—		—				1	1	3	5
	Total		61	31	—		—				1	1	62	32
Al Nassr	2002–03	Pro League	16	15	—		0	0			0	0	16	15
Al Sadd	2003–04	QSL	14	18	4	10	0	0	0	0	4	1	22	29
	2004–05		8	5	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	1	15	8
	2005–06		25	21	0	0	2	1	1	0	7	5	34	27
	2006–07		21	5	3	12	3	2	3	2	4	0	33	21
	2007–08		17	13	0	0	3	2	2	1	5	1	27	17
	2008–09		3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	5	2
	Total		88	63	7	22	8	6	9	5	24	8	134	104
Al-Nasr	2009–10	UAE Pro-League	15	18			+1	1	+2	3	0	0	+18	22
	2010–11		10	5	—			2			0	0	+10	7
	2011–12		0	0	—		4	2			0	0	4	2
	Total		25	23	—		+5	5		3	0	0	+30	31
Vasco da Gama	2012	Série A	14	4	2	1	0	0			1	0	17	5
	2013		19	2	8	2	2	2			0	0	29	6
	Total		33	6	10	3	2	2			1	0	46	11
El Nacional	2014	Serie A	12	5	—		—				0	0	12	5
Bolívar	2014–15	LFP	34	16	—		—				2	0	36	16
	2015 Apertura		21	7	—		—				1	0	22	7
	Total		55	23	—		—				3	0	58	23
LDU Quito	2016	Serie A	22	3	—		—				4	0	26	3
Sport Boys	2017	LFP	2	0	—		—				5	1	7	1
Atlético Saquisilí	2018	Segunda Categoría	2	1	—		—		—				2	1
Career total			308	169	10	3	6	4			19	3	343	226

National team

Ecuador national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2001	1	0
2002	14	3
2003	6	1
2004	2	0
2005	3	0
2006	5	3
2007	11	3
2008	4	1
2009	4	1
Total	50	12

External links

• Jackson, Jamie (10 June 2006). "Ecuador set sights on second round". The Guardian.
• (Sky Sports article)
• (FEF card)
• Carlos Tenorio at Soccerway