Donis Escober

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Donis Escober
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Personal information
Full name Donis Salatiel Escober Izaguirre [1]
Date of birth (1981-02-03) February 3, 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth San Ignacio, Honduras
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Juventud Olimpíca
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2019 Olimpia 222 (0)
International career‡
2002–2019 Honduras 63 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 July 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 November 2017

Donis Salatiel Escober Izaguirre (born 3 February 1981) is a Honduran retired football goalkeeper.

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Club career

Born in San Ignacio, Escober started at Olimpia's youth side Juventud Olímpica [2] and has played his entire professional career for Olimpia.

In March 2012, Escober was on the verge of breaking Motagua's Nicaraguan goalkeeper Róger Mayorga's 36 years old-record of 838 minutes without conceding a goal in the Honduran league. [3] He did not make it in the end, after being beaten by a Marathón goal that left Escober only 35 minutes short of Mayorga's record. [4] After the 2018–19 Liga Nacional de Honduras came to an end, Escober announced that he would not continue with Olimpia and that he would retire from football. [5]

International career

Escober made his debut for Honduras in a May 2002 friendly match against Japan and has, as of January 2013, earned a total of 17 caps. He has represented his country in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches [6] and played at the 2003 [7] and 2007 UNCAF Nations Cups [8] as well as at the 2009 [9] and was a non-playing squad member at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup [10] and the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He played in the 2018 CONCACAF-AFC playoff against Australia in both legs, but failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup with Honduras. [11]

He has been an understudy to Noel Valladares for most of his international career.

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References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ La tierra que cosechó a Donis Escober - El Heraldo (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Quieren batir récord de Mayorga en Honduras Archived April 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine - Pinolero Sports
  4. ↑ Estuvo cerca - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Confirmado: Escober no seguirá en Olimpia y se retira del fútbol; La Tribuna . (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ Donis Escober – FIFA competition record (archived)
  7. ↑ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2003 - Details Archived 2009-04-26 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  8. ↑ UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2007 - Details Archived October 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  9. ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2009 - Full Details Archived July 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  10. ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2011 - Full Details Archived March 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  11. ↑ Australia beat Honduras 3-1 to reach World Cup 2018 – as it happened; The Guardian
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