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Agustn Delgado (nicknamed "Tin"), (born December 23, 1974, in a small village in the Chota River valley in Imbabura) is an Ecuadorian football player. He plays center forward for Barcelona SC in the Ecuadorian Torneo Clausura 2005 as well as in the national football team, where he surpassed Eduardo Hurtado as top scorer in 2002.
He had a brief spell in the Barclays Premier League, with disastrous results. He barely played and spent most of the time in the physio's office. Southampton F.C. tried to bring him back to fitness after the injury he picked up during the WC 2002 Qualifiers, to no avail. However, history mig
Agustn Delgado (nicknamed "Tin"), (born December 23, 1974, in a small village in the Chota River valley in Imbabura) is an Ecuadorian football player. He plays center forward for Barcelona SC in the Ecuadorian Torneo Clausura 2005 as well as in the national football team, where he surpassed Eduardo Hurtado as top scorer in 2002.
He had a brief spell in the Barclays Premier League, with disastrous results. He barely played and spent most of the time in the physio's office. Southampton F.C. tried to bring him back to fitness after the injury he picked up during the WC 2002 Qualifiers, to no avail. However, history might have been different, had the striker refused to play injured during the World Cup. The pressure on him to play was enormous, Ecuadoreans believed him (and his 9 goals) to be indispensable, plus naturally, he dreamed of playing in a world cup. All that lead to his decision -playing with an injury while heavily medicated on painkillers- that effectively destroyed his future in Europe. Upon return to England, it was found that his injury had become chronic. It may even be said that he is not the same striker anymore.
After the Southampton saga, he was released, and promptly went to Mexico. This brought the end to a dissapointing time for Delgado although this was considered best for both parties. Delagado did however leave a memorable event for the fans of Southampton. He scored the winning goal for Southampton in a 3-2 home victory over the then Premiership champions Arsenal. He memorably remarked on leaving the club that he would be, 'Dancing in the Streets' with the clubs fans the day Southampton won the Premiership. This absurd image became even more unlikely however when the club where relegated in the 2004/05 season.
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