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Mushuc Runa, an Indigenous club defying stereotypes and making its mark in Sudamericana / 44FJ3ZQ
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Mushuc Runa was founded in a remote paramo of Ecuador, where playing football was once dismissed as a pastime for "dogs". Now, after breaking through that stigma, the Indigenous-rooted club is shining in the 2025 Copa Sudamericana.
Its name means "New Man" in Kichwa, the language spoken in the highland communities of Chibuleo and Pilahuin, where the club was founded by an Indigenous leader in 2003.
Known affectionately as El Ponchito, the surprise team is the only one with a perfect record after the first three rounds of the South American tournament and is on the verge of securing its first-ever qualification for the round of 16. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES