Ricardo Canales

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Ricardo Canales
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Ricardo training with current club C.D.S. Vida
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Gabriel Canales Lanza
Date of birth (1982-05-30) 30 May 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth La Ceiba, Honduras
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2006 Victoria 108 (0)
2006–2010 Motagua 89 (0)
2010–2011 Victoria 24 (0)
2011–2013 Atlético Choloma 27 (0)
2013–2014 Motagua 4 (0)
2014–2021 Vida 154 (2)
International career‡
2009–2010 Honduras 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 September 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2017

Ricardo Gabriel Canales Lanza (born 30 May 1982) is a Honduran former footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.

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A Honduran international since 2009, he represented his nation for two Gold Cups and Fifa World Cup 2010.

Club career

Nicknamed el Gato (The Cat), Canales made his debut in league on 16 May 2001 playing for Victoria against Real España.

He was released from Motagua just after he returned from playing with the Honduras national football team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa [1] and he returned to Victoria. [2]

In July 2011 he signed for Atlético Choloma, [3] and after two years of participation the club was regulated to Liga Nacional de Ascenso de Honduras. In the year 2013 he rejoined F.C. Motagua on a one-year contract in which he only completed the Apertura tournament. [4] He signed for C.D.S. Vida at the start of the Clausura tournament after lack of playing time with F.C. Motagua, and was brought in to help the club fight regulation. [5]

International career

He made his debut for Honduras in a June 2009 friendly match against Panama and has, as of July 2012, earned a total of 6 caps, scoring no goals. He was a non-playing squad member at both the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, the 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup. [6]

Honours

2006–07 (A)
2007 UNCAF

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References

  1. ↑ DIEZ.hn – Canales: "En Motagua no fueron leales" Archived 2010-07-06 at the Wayback Machine – 2 July 2010
  2. ↑ Canales tiene nueva casa - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Ricardo "El Gato" Canales firma con Atlético Choloma - La Tribuna (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ ""El Gato" Canales regresa al Motagua - Diario La Prensa". Diario La Prensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Ricardo Canales: "Esto del Vida ya es costumbre" - Diario La Prensa". Diario La Prensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  6. ↑ Honduras Squad List - FIFA
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