Jairo Puerto

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Jairo Puerto
Personal information
Full name Jairo Daniel Puerto Herrera
Date of birth (1988-12-28) December 28, 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Santa Ana, Francisco Morazán, Honduras
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2012 Real España 60 (5)
2013 Olimpia 10 (1)
2014–2016 Marathón 97 (10)
2017 Honduras Progreso 5 (0)
2017–2018 Puerto Rico FC 22 (3)
2018–2019 Real España 29 (2)
2019–2020 Vida 19 (0)
2021 Honduras Progreso 15 (0)
International career
2015–2017 Honduras 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jairo Daniel Puerto Herrera (born December 28, 1988) is a Honduran football player who currently plays as a forward. [1]

Contents

Club career

In early 2017, Puerto joined Liga Nacional de Fútbol side Honduras Progresso, but was only there long enough to play 5 games before joining Puerto Rico's Puerto Rico FC of the NASL, where he signed a two-year contract. [2] He made his debut on 26 March 2017 against the New York Cosmos. [3] [4]

International career

Puerto was first called up to the Honduras senior side in 2015, for a friendly game against Cuba. [5]

National teamYearAppsGoals
Honduras 201510
201600
201751
Total61

International goals

Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first. [6]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.27 May 2017 RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 1–02–2 Friendly

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References

  1. "Jairo Puerto". Puerto Rico FC. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  2. "Para compartir esta nota utiliza los íconos que aparecen en el sitio". La Prensa (in Spanish). 19 February 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  3. "Jairo Puerto debutó con el Puerto Rico FC en la NASL". La Tribuna (in Spanish). 26 March 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  4. "Cosmos Draw in Puerto Rico". Empire of Soccer. 26 March 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  5. "La reproducción de este contenido sin autorización previa está prohibida". Diez (in Spanish). 10 December 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  6. "J. Puerto". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 May 2017.