Josué Ayala

Josué Ayala

Personal information
Full name	Josué Daniel Ayala
Date of birth	30 May 1988
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Atlético Tucumán
Number	TBA
Youth career
2006–2008	Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2008–2011	Boca Juniors	2	(0)
2010–2011	→ Independiente Rivadavia (loan)	37	(0)
2011–2015	Independiente Rivadavia	98	(0)
2015–	Atlético Tucumán	0	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 May 2015. † Appearances (goals)

Josué Daniel Ayala (born 30 May 1988 in Buenos Aires), is an Argentine football goalkeeper, who currently plays for Atlético Tucumán.

Career

Following the departure of goalkeeper Aldo Bobadilla in 2007, Ayala was promoted to the first team. Ayala was relegated to fourth goalkeeper behind Mauricio Caranta, Pablo Migliore and Javier García. On 17 March 2008, Ayala suffered an accident on the Dellepiane highway while traveling from the club to his house. He was also accompanied by Pablo Migliore, who had been with Ayala for a training session. Fortunately, this accident had no serious physical consequences for both goalies.^[2] In the second half of 2008, he began to be included in the first team squad due to Caranta's injuries. Ayala then ascended to become the third goalkeeper after Pablo Migliore departed to Racing Club.

Despite not playing, he won his first official title in 2008 when Boca beat Arsenal de Sarandi in the Recopa Sudamericana. He became the backup goaltender to Javier García midway through the 2008 Apertura and made his debut for Boca on December 23, 2008, in the second half of the final championship playoff game against Tigre, when García was forced to leave with an injury.^[3] It had been reported that after Boca had claimed the title Ayala was assaulted and stabbed in his home. The knife had only gone through muscle tissue, preventing a great tragedy.

In 2010, Ayala was loaned to second division side Independiente Rivadavia.^[4]

Honours

Season	Team	Title
2008	Boca Juniors	Recopa Sudamericana
Apertura 2008	Boca Juniors	Primera División Argentina

References

1. http://www.futboldiario.com/jugador.php?jugid=11405
2. Car crash injures goalkeeper
3. Soccerway profile
4. "Yo vengo a sumar". Olé (in Spanish). 2010-07-20. Retrieved 2010-07-20.

External links

• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
• (Spanish) Boca Juniors.com Player Profile