Ecuador
CONMEBOL·Group E·FIFA #23·21 Big-5 candidates
Squad spots — best by EV per position (4-3-3)
Goalkeeper (0/1)
GK— no candidate —
Defender (4/4)
Midfielder (3/3)
Forward (3/3)
Full candidate pool — sorted by mock EV
| Player | Club | Pos | Mins | G | A | xG | EV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felipe Caicedo | Genoa | FW | 12,850 | 65 | 15 | 24.5 | 94¢ |
| Enner Valencia | Everton | FW,MF | 4,037 | 11 | 6 | 0.0 | 78¢ |
| Christian Benítez | Birmingham City | FW | 1,935 | 3 | 5 | 0.0 | 67¢ |
| Antonio Valencia | Manchester Utd | DF | 18,760 | 17 | 40 | 0.6 | 66¢ |
| Jefferson Montero | Getafe | MF | 6,167 | 3 | 13 | 0.0 | 59¢ |
| Carlos Gruezo | Augsburg | MF | 5,995 | 1 | 1 | 1.2 | 47¢ |
| Pervis Estupiñán | Brighton | DF | 6,372 | 1 | 6 | 3.2 | 40¢ |
| Moisés Caicedo | Brighton | MF | 1,725 | 2 | 1 | 1.7 | 40¢ |
| Piero Hincapié | Leverkusen | DF | 2,491 | 2 | 2 | 1.3 | 32¢ |
| Jackson Porozo | Troyes | DF | 868 | 2 | 0 | 2.1 | 31¢ |
| Gonzalo Plata | Valladolid | FW,MF | 431 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 17¢ |
| Juan Carlos Paredes | Watford | DF,MF | 771 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13¢ |
| Aníbal Chalá | Dijon | DF | 744 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12¢ |
| Segundo Castillo | Wolves | DF,MF | 501 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10¢ |
| Fernando Guerrero | Burnley | FW,MF | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7¢ |
| Anderson Ordóñez | Eint Frankfurt | DF | 183 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6¢ |
| Jeremy Sarmiento | Brighton | MF,FW | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5¢ |
| Stiven Plaza | Valladolid | MF,FW | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4¢ |
| Bryan Cabezas | Atalanta | MF | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3¢ |
| Joel Valencia | Zaragoza | MF | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2¢ |
| Félix Borja | Mainz 05 | FW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2¢ |