Noel Valladares
.jpg) Valladares with Honduras in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Noel Eduardo Valladares Bonilla[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 May 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Comayagua, Honduras | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2005 | Motagua | 368 | (3) |
| 2005–2016 |
Olimpia | 427 | (0) |
| Total | 795 | (3) | |
| International career | |||
| 2000–2016 | Honduras | 135 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Noel Eduardo Valladares Bonilla (born 3 May 1977) is a Honduran former
.Valladares is Honduras' third most capped footballer of all time, after Amado Guevara and Maynor Figueroa.
Club career
Valladares started his career at local club
After for so many years playing for Olimpia, on 7 November 2016 he announced that he would officially end his career, then after losing to Motagua in the semifinals of the Apertura 2016 on 4 December 2016, he officially retired from playing after 19 years since he began his career with Motagua in 1997.[3][4]
International career
He was a member of the national squad at the
Valladares made his senior debut for
.Valladares has been the first-choice goalkeeper for his country for over 10 years and became the third Honduran to reach a century of caps,
His nickname in the Honduras squad is The Secret due to his shy personality away from the field. In 2010, he succeeded Amado Guevara as the captain of the Honduras national football team.
In 2011, he won the award for "Best Goalkeeper in the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup." In the same tournament he won the award for the 3rd as well as the 4th best save.
Honours
Club
C.D. Olimpia
F.C. Motagua
- 1997–98
International
Honduras
- Copa Centroamericana (1): 2011
- 2000
Individual
- Best Goalkeeper Award of CONCACAF Gold Cup (1): 2011
- CONCACAF Gold Cup Best Save: 2011 (3rd and 4th place)
- Man of The Match in 2010 FIFA World Cup vs. Switzerland
- Best Goalkeeper Award of
See also
References
- ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2014. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ^ Noel Valladares: “La afición nos pide estemos encima del rival” Archived 15 June 2013 at archive.today – Tiempo (in Spanish)
- ^ ¡BOMBAZO! Noel Valladares anuncia su retiro del fútbol en Honduras – Diez (in Spanish)
- ^ Noel Valladares se despide del fútbol eliminado de la gran final por Motagua – Diez (in Spanish)
- ^ "Noel Valladares Biography & Statistics". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
- ^ Noel Valladares – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2009 – Details Archived 5 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine – RSSSF
- ^ UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2011 – Details – RSSSF
- ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2011 – Full Details – RSSSF
- ^ Noel Valladares festejó los 100 partidos con derrota[permanent dead link] – Diez (in Spanish)
- ^ Players with 100+ Caps and 30+ International Goals Archived 22 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine – RSSSF
External links
- Noel Valladares at National-Football-Teams.com
- World Cup profile – FIFA
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