Etcheverry, whose nickname
is El Diablo,
joined D.C. United of Major League Soccer in its
inaugural season of 1996, and led the team to three
MLS Cups and was named MLS MVP, MLS Most Valuable
Player Award in 1998. In eight years with the team,
Etcheverry played 191 league games, scoring 34 goals
and registering 101 assists (the games and assists
are DC records). He retired at the end of the 2003
season. In 2005, he was named to the MLS All-Time
Best XI.
Etcheverry was trained at Bolivia's Tahuichi Academy.
He has also played in his native Bolivia (Destroyers, |
Etcheverry compiled 71 caps
and scored 13 goals for the Bolivian national team,
and played for them in the 1994 World Cup, where
he is remembered most for getting sent off just
minutes after entering the tournament's opening
game against Germany.
The Bolivian Congress awarded
him with the Medal of Merit, for his sport achievements,
on April 2006, shortly after his retirement, and
in a match between players of the Bolivia national
team and the Friends of America team of players
of the Americas.
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Bolivar,
Oriente Petrolero, Albacete Balompié), Chile (Colo-Colo),
Colombia (América Calí), and Ecuador (Barcelona,
Emelec).
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