Edoardo Isella D'Gómez Ventoza (born 9 October 1980), known as Edoardo Isella, is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is known as one of the first Afro-Mexicans to debut for CD Guadalajara. Early life Isella was born in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas to a Afro-Honduran father and a Mexican mother. International career Isella was eligible to play for Mexico or Honduras at international level. He opted to represent the former after joining the youth academy of Mexican nationalist club Guadalajara. He managed to get an early call-up to the Mexico national football team by coach Enrique Meza after having a standout 2000–01 season with the Guadalajara first team. See also Afro-Mexicans References External links 1980 births Living people People from Tuxtla Gutiérrez Footballers from Chiapas Mexican footballers Association football central defenders Association football fullbacks C.D. Guadalajara footballers Tigres UANL footballers Cruz Azul footballers Chiapas F.C. footballers Club América footballers Premier League of Belize players Ascenso MX players Liga MX players Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala players Mexico international footballers Mexican expatriate footballers Mexican expatriates in Belize Expatriate footballers in Belize Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala Expatriate footballers in Guatemala Mexican people of Honduran descent