Héctor Medina (football player)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Héctor Orlando Medina Díaz | ||
Date of birth | January 27, 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Trujillo, Honduras | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–1999 | Olimpia | ||
2001–2003 | Universidad | ||
2003–2005 | Real España | ||
2005–2008 | Vida | ||
2008 | Unión Ájax | ||
2009–2010 | Real Juventud | ||
International career‡ | |||
1998–2006 | Honduras | 14 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2001 |
Héctor Orlando Medina Díaz (born January 27, 1975) is a retired Honduran football goalkeeper.
Club career
Nicknamed 'La Figura', Medina played for
Honduran Second Division outfit Unión Ájax due to a financial crisis in Vida. He then had another two seasons at Real Juventud
.
International career
Medina made his debut for
friendly match against Guatemala and has earned a total of 14 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[2]
His final international was a February 2006 friendly match against China.
Retirement
In October 2010 he became goalkeeper coach at the Honduras U-17 national team.[3] In July 2011 Medina was announced as goalkeeper coach at Atlético Choloma[4] but was dismissed in February 2013.[5]
References
- ^ Confirman primeras separaciones en el Vida - Fútbol de Honduras (in Spanish)
- ^ Héctor Medina – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Héctor Medina: El portero es el jugador más importante Archived 2013-04-12 at archive.today - La Tribuna (in Spanish)
- ^ Choloma contrata a Héctor Medina Archived 2011-07-05 at the Wayback Machine - La Tribuna (in Spanish)
- ^ La salida de Héctor Medina fue decisión de Edwin Pavón Archived 2013-02-22 at the Wayback Machine - La Tribuna (in Spanish)
External links
- Héctor Medina at National-Football-Teams.com