Erickson Gallardo

Erickson Yirson Gallardo Toro (born 26 July 1996) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a winger for Zamora.

Club Career

He made his first team debut for Zamora on 16 February 2014 against Atletico El Vigia. After limited appearances in his first couple of years, he became a regular player in the 2016 season as a nineteen year old. In the second leg of the 2018 Apertura Final, Gallardo scored the winning goal in a 1-0 victory, giving Zamora the title winning 2-1 on aggregate. Over his time with the club, he won four league titles in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018.

In 2019, he signed with Toronto FC in Major League Soccer, after Toronto acquired his MLS rights from Orlando City SC, who had Gallardo on their Discovery List, in exchange for $50,000 of General Allocation Money. After suffering a quad strain shortly after joining the club, he made his debut for Toronto on 7 August 2019 in a Canadian Championship match against Ottawa Fury FC. He recorded his first MLS assist on 15 September against the Colorado Rapids. In his debut season in which he arrived mid-season, he only made five appearances, which coach Greg Vanney attributed to his late arrival to the team, opting to go with the players who had had played all season due to their familiarity with the system. He did not make any appearances in the playoffs as Toronto advanced to the MLS Cup finals, where they finished as runner-ups. In a CONCACAF Champions League match on 7 April 2021 against Mexican side Leon, after coming on as a substitute, Gallardo created the tying goal in the first leg, intercepting the ball before making a pass which was deflected by a defender for an own goal, but later had to leave the match due to suffering an injury, requiring him to undergo right groin surgery. In 2021, after recovering from his injury, he was loaned to Toronto FC II for some matches.

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