Danilo Galindo

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Danilo Galindo
Personal information
Full name Danilo Arturo Galindo
Date of birth (1963-03-04) 4 March 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth La Ceiba, Honduras
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1984–1986 Platense
1986–1987 Vida
1987–1992 Olimpia
1992–1993 León de Huánuco
1994 Herediano (0)
1994–1995 Ciclista Lima
1995–1997 Olimpia
1997–1998 Palestino
International career
1985–1991 Honduras 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Danilo Arturo Galindo (born 4 March 1963) is a retired Honduran football player who played for the national team in the 1980s and 90s.

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Club career

Nicknamed Pollo (Chicken), Galindo played for Honduran sides Platense, Vida, Olimpia and Palestino as well as in Peru for León de Huánuco and Ciclista Lima. [1] He also played alongside compatriot Nicolás Suazo at Herediano in Costa Rica, [2] he did not score a goal for the club. [3] He played with Nahúm Espinoza, Alex Pineda Chacón, Belarmino Rivera, Juan Carlos Espinoza and Eugenio Dolmo Flores in the Olimpia and they won the CONCACAF Champions League in 1988. [4]

International career

Galindo made his debut for Honduras in a September 1985 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Canada and has earned a total of 9 caps, [5] scoring no goals. He has represented his country in only that one FIFA World Cup qualification match [6] and played at the 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup. [7]

His final international was a May 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Guatemala.

Retirement

Galindo moved to the United States in 2000 to find a job as a painter in Boca Raton.

Personal life

Pollo is son of Asunción and Mercedes Galindo and he is married to Ángela Jiménez de Galindo. He has 2 daughters Ingrid Daniella and Ana Maria and 1 son Danilo Armando Galindo .

Honours and awards

Club

C.D. Olimpia

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References

  1. ↑ Desafíe a Ismael - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Costa Rica como destino - Nación (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Con Saúl Martínez llegan a 20 los hondureños en futbol tico - Nación (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Desafíe a Ismael Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ Danilo Galindo – FIFA competition record (archived)
  7. ↑ UNCAF Tournament 1991 - RSSSF
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