Maynor Figueroa

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Maynor Figueroa
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Maynor Figueroa at Wigan Athletic (2010)
Personnel
Surname Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez
birthday May 2nd 1983
place of birth Jutiapa ,  Honduras
size 180 cm
position Defender
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1999-2003 CD Victoria
2003-2008 CD Olimpia
2008 →  Wigan Athletic  (loan) 2 (0)
2008 → Wigan Athletic (loan) 29 (1)
2008-2013 Wigan Athletic 148 (3)
2013-2015 Hull City 35 (0)
2014 → Wigan Athletic (loan) 6 (0)
2015 Colorado Rapids 10 (1)
2016-2018 FC Dallas 70 (4)
2019– Houston Dynamo 25 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
Honduras U-23
2003– Honduras 162 (5)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of season 2019

2 As of November 17, 2019

Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez (born May 2, 1983 in Jutiapa ) is a Honduran football player .

Career

society

Maynor Figueroa began his career in his home country with the Honduran first division club CD Victoria , where he played in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras . After he was able to establish himself there as a regular player, he moved to league rivals CD Olimpia . During his time at the club he was able to celebrate many successes and won the Apertura and Clausura several times . In addition, he reached the final of the Copa Interclubes UNCAF with CD Olimpia in 2005 and 2006 , both games were lost. In January 2008 he left the club and transferred on loan to the English first division side Wigan Athletic , who had signed his teammate Wilson Palacios just a few days earlier .

The defender made his debut for the Latics on April 5, 2008 in the Premier League . In the 2-0 win against Birmingham City , he ran in the 89th minute as a substitute for Josip Skoko on the field. About a month later, on May 11, 2008, he was in the starting lineup for the first time in the 2-0 home defeat to Manchester United and played the entire game. Shortly thereafter, the loan period expired and Figueroa initially returned to CD Olimpia in his home country. After he received his work permit in late July 2008 and the visa application was approved, he signed again on loan with Wigan Athletic. The agreement also contained a permanent obligation clause. The defender made it into the club's starting line-up in a short time and thus recommended himself for a permanent commitment.

On December 23, 2008 it was announced that he had signed a contract with Wigan for the next three and a half years. His first goal in the English top division he scored on January 11, 2009 in the home game against Tottenham Hotspur , when he scored the winning goal for the Latics in the 90th minute . On December 12, 2009 he scored a remarkable goal in the away game against Stoke City . With a free kick in his own half of the field, he took the ball just before the center line and sent it in a high arc over Thomas Sørensen, who was far in front of the goal .

National team

Figueroa has been a member of the Honduran national football team since 2003 . With the selection he took part in the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2005 and 2007 . Once he reached the semi-finals with Honduras in 2005, where the team was defeated by the United States, the selection failed two years later in the quarter-finals against Guadeloupe, while Figueroa was loud tournament report as " defender with good offensive skills " in addition to striker Carlos Pavon of outstanding player in his team. In 2004 he was the top performer of the Honduran U-23 selection in the qualifying tournament for the 2004 Summer Olympics , the qualification for the Olympic tournament was missed by a 2-0 loss in the semifinals against Costa Rica.

With the senior national team, he qualified for the finals of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, which is the country's second participation in a World Cup after the 1982 World Cup .

Figueroa was called up on May 11, 2010 by national coach Reinaldo Rueda in the Honduran squad for the 2010 World Cup.

On May 8, 2014, he was appointed to the squad of the Honduran national football team for the 2014 World Cup by coach Luis Fernando Suárez .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wigan swoop for defender Figueroa
  2. ↑ Honduras left back Maynor Figueroa extends loan ( Memento of August 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Figueroa wraps up move to Wigan
  4. ↑ Wigan 1-0 Tottenham
  5. ↑ Maynor Figueroa halfway to Wigan paradise
  6. ↑ Honduras offers art shooters
  7. ^ CONCACAF (Ed.): CONCACAF Gold Cup 2007 - Technical Report . New York 2007, p. 24
  8. ^ CONCACAF (Ed.): CONCACAF 2004 Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament - Technical Report . New York 2004, p. 14
  9. ^ Rueda names Honduras squad
  10. ↑ Coach Suarez names World Cup line-up. kicker online, May 5, 2014, accessed June 15, 2014 .


personal data
SURNAME Figueroa, Maynor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Figueroa Róchez, Maynor Alexis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Honduran soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH May 2nd 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Jutiapa , Honduras