Felipe Caicedo is a professional football player, born on September 5, 1988 in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
He won his international cap for Ecuador at he was chosen for under-20 national football team that was to play at the 2007 South American Youth Championship. In the same year, he also got a call for the senior national side from the coach Luis Fernando Suárez for two friendly games against United States and Mexico. It was in the game against United States played on March 25, 2007, that he scored his first international goal. Felipe Caicedo was also selected for the squad that represented Ecuador in the 2007 Copa America and was given the number 10 jersey., He played against Chile, Mexico, and Brazil at this tournament and impressed everyone with his talent. As of June 27, 2008, Felipe Caicedo has represented his country 15 times and scored 2 goals for his national team.
He started his professional football career in 2004at the youth academy of Rocafuerte FC in Ecuador. During the 2005-06 season, at the age of seventeen, he signed with Swiss Super League team FC Basel as a striker for an undisclosed transfer fee., Felipe Caicedo appeared in a total of twenty games for the club and also scored three goals for them in the following season. In all, he played forty six games for the club and scored twelve goals for them during his stint there.
Manchester City signed Felipe Caicedo on a four and half year deal that was worth £5.2 million, making it one of the highest paid transfers in the history of the Swiss League.
On February 10, 2008, Felipe Caicedo made his debut for the club as a substitute in a 2-1 away win against Manchester United. He made a total of ten appearances for this club in the premier league that season.
Many football greats and journalists regard Felipe Caicedo as the second best Ecuadorian player of his generation after Wigan Athletic's winger Antonio Valencia.
