Darwin Bonilla

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Darwin Bonilla
Personal information
Full name Darwin Doronis Bonilla Salgado
Date of birth (1990-08-06) August 6, 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Chirilagua, El Salvador
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Águila
Number 24
Youth career
2002–2005 Dragón
2006–2007 Águila
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2013 Águila
International career
2011 El Salvador U23 1 (0)
2013 El Salvador 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Darwin Doronis Bonilla Salgado (born August 6, 1990 in Chirilagua, El Salvador) is a former Salvadoran footballer. He was banned for life in 2013, for match-fixing while playing for the El Salvador national football team.

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Club career

Bonilla's professional career began in July 2008 when he signed a contract with Salvadoran national league club, C.D. Águila, after he had already joined them 2 years earlier from Dragón. [1]

He made his professional debut on September 13, 2008, in a league match against C.D. Vista Hermosa, and scored his first goal on November 5 that same year in a league match against C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo.

On September 20, 2013, Bonilla was one of 14 members of the country's national team banned for life for match fixing. [2]

Career statistics

Club

As of December 25, 2008.
ClubSeasonLeagueLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
C.D. Águila Apertura 2008 51000051
Career total51000051

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References

  1. Profile - El Gráfico (in Spanish)
  2. "El Salvador match-fixing: 14 footballers banned for life". BBC. Retrieved September 21, 2013.