OREANDA-NEWS  Ecuadorian midfielder Christian Noboa has left the Sochi football club. This is reported on the team's website.

The foreign footballer moved to Ecuadorian "Emelek", where he started his career. He stated that he had spent a happy 16 years in the country and would miss Russia.

On April 27, 2023, Noboa announced the acquisition of Russian citizenship. According to the Ecuadorian, he first thought about a Russian passport in 2014, but then he did not expect to spend so much time in the country.

Noboa has been playing for Sochi since 2019. Together with the club, he became the silver medalist of the Russian Premier League and was recognized by the Russian Football Union as the best player of the season. The midfielder also became the champion of Russia twice with Rubin Kazan and once more with Zenit St. Petersburg. He first joined the RPL in 2007.