El Nine’s Masked Celebration

June 15th, 2006 | By: Trent | 22 Comments »

Ecuador striker Ivan Kaviedes paid tribute to fallen teammate Otilino Tenorio with his mask celebration in La Tri’s 3-0 defeat of Costa Rica. After scoring the third goal late in the match, El Nine pulled the mask out of his pants. It seems pretty clear that the move was to honor former Ecuadorian international Otilino Tenorio, who was killed in a car crash last year.

From the FIFA article: “Tenorio was known as Spiderman for his habit of donning the superhero’s mask during goal celebrations.” Tenorio often donned a mask just like El Nine did today.

Anyway, I mention this right away because although El Nine will probably get fined no matter what, it’s important to know that his move was just self-referential grandstanding. Let’s hope the moralizing chatterers don’t get get too haughty about this.


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Username By Ecuador4Life | June 15th, 2006 at 6:19 pm
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Trent,

Thanks for putting this out there. The more people know about the purpose behind the tribute the better. You know how the media can turn this around!! What a sweet pass that was from Mendez to Kaviedes.

So you going to Germany for the knockout phase?

E4L

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Username By Trent | June 15th, 2006 at 6:19 pm
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Oh, man, how I wish! Doubt it, though.

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Username By leo | June 15th, 2006 at 7:54 pm
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Trent, If I win the lottery tonight or tomorrow, I’ll take you to Germany, this ’cause you deserve it my man !!!!!
Thanx for such a great job!!! you made it possible for a whole bunch of ecuadorians to get together and share our thought with each other. Thanks!!!

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Username By Trent | June 15th, 2006 at 7:55 pm
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lol, thanks leo! It’s been a blast so far. And there are even two more matches left. At least!

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Username By AL | June 15th, 2006 at 8:14 pm
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I feel proud to be an ECUADORIAN.

Ecuador team demostrate that hard work pay!

They have been training really hard for this world cup, they should win the world cup this year!

AL

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Username By Cristian Buitron | June 15th, 2006 at 8:46 pm
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Thank you Seleccion Ecuatoriana!! I was very saddened last year when Otilinio died and when Kaviedes scored and put on the mask I knew immediately that it was in honor of Otilinio. It was such a heart-felt move that it made me cry. It was a bit sad later while watching the ESPN coverage after the England match and hear the commentators (obviously they didn’t know the significance of the mask) dismissively mock Kaviedes tribute. Anyway today is a most amazing day and I wish I were in my native Quito celebrating down Avenida Amazonas. Y como dice la gran cancion de Pueblo Nuevo “A mi lindo Ecuador”
“CON AMOR SIEMPRE DEBES DECIR POR DONDEQUIERA QUE TU ESTES ECUATORIANO SOY!” Thanks for this great blog Trent!!!!! :)

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Username By Trent | June 15th, 2006 at 9:01 pm
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You’ve summed it up nicely, Cristian. I’ve heard from many Ecuas, and they were all very touched by Kaviedes’ gesture. Let’s hope the majority of people realize the significance of it.

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Username By dar | June 15th, 2006 at 9:16 pm
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Trent, all,

I agree, Kaviedes’ gesture came from the heart and should not be punished severely.

I wish I could go to Germany but I can’t even get out of work early, nevermind fly across the Atlantic. My boss thinks I have a bladder problem now because i kept going back and forth to the bathroom to catch glimpses of the game at the front desk!

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Username By dar | June 15th, 2006 at 9:18 pm
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and here’s something about “El Otigol” for those of you who weren’t familiar:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search=otilino+tenorio&search_type=search_videos&search=Search

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Username By Sean | June 15th, 2006 at 10:28 pm
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Ecuador will make it to the quarter finals. Ecuador can beat Germany.

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Username By foster | June 15th, 2006 at 10:59 pm
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I AM VERY MUCH IN SHOCK TO SEE MY FAVOURITE TEAM GO TO THE SECOND PHASE OF THE TOURNAMENT, WE DON’T HAVE SO MUCH HISTORY IN SOCCER, BUT WHAT THEY’VE ACCOMPLISHED IS WORTHY OF ALL THE POSSIBLE REWARDS.
DIOS, PATRIA Y LIBERTAD
ADELANTE MI ECUADOR!

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Username By Ecuador | June 16th, 2006 at 1:07 am
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Berlin, Berlin, nos vamos a Berlin!
Deutschland nos vemos en Berlin.
Berlin, Berlin,
jugamos en Berlin,
ganamos en Berlin,
wir feiern in Berlin.!!!!!

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[...] Top Man: Ivan Kaviedes. For an excellent goal and a touching celebration, that must have taken some serious planning. [...]

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Username By Hon | June 16th, 2006 at 2:17 am
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Hi~all,I’m in China. I watched the game between your country and Costatica. It’s the pure score that great Mr. Kaviedes shot while the game was in latter end. Bless you and your team will come to the top. Congratulations!!!

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Username By Hon | June 16th, 2006 at 2:19 am
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I’m exciting now!

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Username By Trent | June 16th, 2006 at 2:41 am
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Thanks for visiting, Hon. What teams are most Chinese fans rooting for in this World Cup?

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Username By Ali Siddiqui | June 16th, 2006 at 4:42 am
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Excellent tribute. This needs to be properly told to all fans so it doesn’t end up looking like showboating or gloating…instead a teams tribute to a friend and fellow player!

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[...] FIFA will not sanction Ecuador striker Ivan Kaviedes for his masked goal celebration against Costa Rica. Just so you read that right, let me say against: FIFA has decided not to impose punishment on El Nine for the mask. This is a great opportunity missed for FIFA. Don’t they love making senseless decisions that impugn what fans love about football? Huh. [...]

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Username By Paul - Liverpool FC fan | June 20th, 2006 at 6:08 pm
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After witnessing 2 very good performances by Ecuador, I was curious to find out about the goal celebration of Ivan Kaviedes, as the English commentators failed to mention it, I visited various websites & found out the whole story, which I find very moving. Well done to El Nine for honouring his friend & teammate, definately the best goal celebration of the World Cup so far. It seems Otilino Tenorio was a real character. It looks as if England & Ecuador may meet in the next round, so perhaps more England fans will get to know the meaning of the celebration. May the best team win.

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Username By Trent | June 21st, 2006 at 1:32 am
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Thanks, Paul. I’m looking forward to the ECU/ENG match this weekend. Should be fun!

Also nice to see your boy Stevie G. come in and get a nice goal today.

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[...] Marvel Comics enjoyed Ecuador striker Ivan Kaviedes’ masked goal celebration as much as Ecuafans. You’ll no doubt remember that after scoring the third goal in Ecuador’s 3-0 Group A win over Costa Rica, Kaviedes pulled a Spider-Man-like mask from his panatloons as a tribute to striker Otilino Tenorio, who died in a 2005 car crash. Tenorio used to don a similar mask during his own goal celebrations in Ecuador’s domestic league. [...]

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Username By Issac | January 28th, 2008 at 10:24 am
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Where can I refer the FIFA sanction to a player who pulls up the front side of his jersey to cover his face when celebrating a goal?

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