Ely Esterilla
# Ely Esterilla

Ely Jair Esterilla Castro (born 6 February 1993) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for 9 de Octubre.

## Club career

### Rocafuerte

Born in Guayaquil, Esterilla joined Rocafuerte's youth setup in 2005. He made his first team debut in the 2010 campaign, in Serie B.

### Santos Laguna

On 3 June 2012, Esterilla moved abroad and joined Liga MX side Santos Laguna, being assigned to the under-20 squad. He never appeared with the main squad during his spell, but won the 2013 Clausura tournament with the under-20s.

### Barcelona SC

On 19 December 2013, Esterilla returned to his home country and joined Barcelona on a four-year contract. He made his professional debut the following 29 January, coming on as a second-half substitute for Federico Laurito in a 1–0 Serie A home win against Manta.

Esterilla scored his first professional goal on 13 April 2014, netting his team's second in a 2–0 home defeat of Independiente del Valle. On 27 March 2016, he scored a brace in a 5–0 home routing of L.D.U. Quito.

## International career

Esterilla represented Ecuador at under-20 level, playing in the 2013 South American Youth Football Championship. On 2 October 2015, he was called up by the full side for two 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Venezuela, but withdrew due to injury three days later.

## Career statistics

    As of 18 January 2019

| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Rocafuerte | 2010 | Serie B | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| Rocafuerte | 2011 | Serie B | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 0 |
| Rocafuerte | 2012 | Serie B | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 2 |
| Rocafuerte | Subtotal | Subtotal | 19 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 2 |
| Barcelona | 20145 | Serie A | 37 | 6 | — | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | 40 | 6 |
| Barcelona | 2015 | Serie A | 31 | 7 | — | — | 5 | 2 | — | — | 36 | 9 |
| Barcelona | 2016 | Serie A | 38 | 11 | — | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | 40 | 11 |
| Barcelona | 2017 | Serie A | 27 | 1 | — | — | 8 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 1 |
| Barcelona | 2018 | Serie A | 34 | 4 | — | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 4 |
| Barcelona | Subtotal | Subtotal | 167 | 29 | — | — | 20 | 2 | — | — | 73 | 8 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 186 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 206 | 33 |

* 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
* 1 2 Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
