Javier Klimowicz

Javier Hernán Klimowicz Laganá (born 10 March 1977) is a former Argentine-born Ecuadorian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Javier Klimowicz

Personal information
Full name	Javier Hernán Klimowicz
Date of birth	(1977-03-10) 10 March 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth	Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Instituto
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2002	Instituto	54	(0)
2002–2004	Blooming	42	(0)
2004–2008	Deportivo Cuenca	157	(0)
2008–2017	Emelec	47	(0)
International career
2007	Ecuador	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Klimowicz started his playing career in 1998 with Instituto de Córdoba and made his official debut in the Argentine Primera División on 9 April 2000, in a draw against Ferro Carril Oeste. In 2002, he signed with Bolivian team Blooming before moving to Ecuador to join Deportivo Cuenca in 2004.^[1] For the season 2009, he transferred to popular club CS Emelec.

He has been naturalised and capped for Ecuador's national team. He has started some matches as Ecuador's starting goalkeeper.

Personal life

He is the brother of forwards Diego and Nicolás, and uncle to midfielder Mateo.^[2] The Klimowicz family is of Polish and Ukrainian descent.^[3]

Honours

Club

• Deportivo Cuenca
  • Serie A de Ecuador: 2004

References

1. . FEF. Archived from the original on 13 July 2007. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
2. "Código Klimowicz". El Gráfico. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
3. "Klimowicz woli Polskę od Ukrainy?" [Is Klimowicz from Poland and Ukraine?] (in Polish). Sport. 7 May 2002. Retrieved 5 March 2012.

External links

• at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-06-16) (in Spanish)
• Javier Klimowicz at ESPN FC
• – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Javier Klimowicz at National-Football-Teams.com
• Javier Klimowicz at FootballDatabase.eu