Aníbal Chalá

Aníbal Hernán Chalá Ayoví (born 9 May 1996) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ecuadorian Serie A club Barcelona SC and the Ecuador national team.

Club career
Chalá began his career with El Nacional in 2013, before joining Major League Soccer side FC Dallas on 14 December 2016. He was then loaned out to L.D.U. Quito until 31 December 2017.

On 6 June 2019, Deportivo Toluca announced that they had signed Chalá. He was loaned to French club Dijon for the 2020–21 season.

Chala played in Liga MX for Atlas FC from 2021 to 2023. In August 2023, Chala joined C.S. Emelec in the Ecuadorian Serie A.

International career
Chalá made his international debut for the Ecuador national football team in a 4–3 defeat against Qatar on 12 October 2018 in Doha.

Honours
LDU Quito
 * Ecuadorian Serie A: 2018

Atlas
 * Liga MX: Apertura 2021, Clausura 2022
 * Campeón de Campeones: 2022