Héctor Medina (football player)

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Hector Medina
Personal information
Full name Héctor Orlando Medina Díaz
Date of birth (1975-01-27) January 27, 1975 (age 49)
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

  1. ^ Confirman primeras separaciones en el Vida - Fútbol de Honduras (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Héctor MedinaFIFA competition record (archived)
  3. ^ Héctor Medina: El portero es el jugador más importante Archived 2013-04-12 at archive.today - La Tribuna (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Choloma contrata a Héctor Medina Archived 2011-07-05 at the Wayback Machine - La Tribuna (in Spanish)
  5. ^ La salida de Héctor Medina fue decisión de Edwin Pavón Archived 2013-02-22 at the Wayback Machine - La Tribuna (in Spanish)

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