Carlos Figueroa (footballer)

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Carlos Figueroa
Personal information
Full name Carlos Fernando Figueroa Martínez
Date of birth (1980-04-19) 19 April 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Guatemala City, Guatemala
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Comunicaciones
Number 29
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2003 Municipal
2003–2004 Petapa
2004–2007 Municipal 121 (11)
2008–2009 Xelajú 17 (3)
2009 Olimpia 7 (1)
2010 Municipal (2)
2011 Xelajú 9 (1)
2012–2016 Comunicaciones 131 (9)
International career‡
2003–2016 Guatemala 62 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 February 2010
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 February 2010

Carlos Fernando Figueroa (born 19 April 1980 in Guatemala) is a Guatemalan professional football midfielder currently plays for CSD Comunicaciones in Guatemala's top division.

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He is also a member of the Guatemala national team.

Club career

Figueroa began his career with CSD Municipal in 2001, and joined Olimpia of Paraguay from Xelajú for the Apertura 2009 tournament. [1] He scored one goal on his debut against Club Libertad. [2]

International career

Figueroa made his debut for Guatemala in a January 2003 friendly match against El Salvador and has made 37 appearances (scoring 3 goals), including three matches at the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup [3] and four matches at the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup. [4] He has also represented his country in 12 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. [5]

His final international match so far was a November 2008 World Cup qualification match against the United States.

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list. Guatemala's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.February 18, 2003 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 5–05–0 Continental qualifier
2.February 23, 2003 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 2–02–1 Continental qualifier
3.June 3, 2004 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 2–03–0 Friendly
4.September 4, 2010 Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, USAFlag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 2–05–0 Friendly
5.October 12, 2012 Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1–02–1 World Cup qualifier

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References

  1. ↑ Carlos Figueroa jugara en Olimpia de Paraguay Archived 2009-01-26 at the Wayback Machine - Seleccion de Guatemala (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ "JUGADORES MAYOR. T.A. 08" (PDF). LNF Guatemala. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
  3. ↑ "CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2005 - Full Details". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2008-10-24. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
  4. ↑ "CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 - Full Details". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2008-10-24. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
  5. ↑ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
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