There was no let up for Moises Caicedo during the final international break of 2025.

The Chelsea midfielder captained his country this week in Ecuador’s 2-0 victory over New Zealand in New Jersey , playing the full 90 minutes just as he did five days prior against Canada in Toronto.

With Ecuador already qualified for next summer’s World Cup , both were friendly affairs. The second of those games finished in the early hours of Wednesday morning before the 24-year-old set off making the long journey back to the capital with Chelsea in action away to Burnley in Saturday’s lunch-time kick off.

Caicedo’s midfield partner Enzo Fernandez was given a rare week off, dropping out of the Argentina squad that took on Angola. But it was business as usual for Caicedo.

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