Rudis Corrales

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Rudis Corrales
Personal information
Full name Rudis Alberto Corrales Rivera
Date of birth (1979-11-06) November 6, 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Sociedad, El Salvador
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1986–1997 Municipal Limeño
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–2003 Municipal Limeño (77)
2004–2010 Águila (50)
2011 Alianza 11 (4)
2012–2013 Dragón 9 (0)
2013–2014 Aguiluchos USA
International career‡
1999 El Salvador U-20
1998–2001 El Salvador U-23
2001–2010 El Salvador 78 (17)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 21, 2011
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of August 7, 2011

Rudis Alberto Corrales Rivera (born November 6, 1979) is a retired Salvadoran footballer.

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Club career

Corrales' professional career began in 1997, when he signed a contract with Municipal Limeño. He officially made his debut that same year on November 29, in a league match against Dragón.

On September 9, 2007 in a league match against Alianza F.C. Corrales became only the seventh person is Salvadoran league history to score 100 goals, a feat which has only been matched by Salvadoran greats Raúl Díaz Arce, Williams Reyes, Emiliano Pedrozo, Adonai Martínez, Hugo Coria and David Arnoldo Cabrera. [1]

On December 19, 2010, it was announced that he had signed a two-year contract with Alianza. In January 2012, Corrales joined Dragón. [2] In April 2012 he suffered a stroke which partially paralyzed his face. [3]

He played with CD Aguiluchos USA in Oakland, CA. He scored on a free kick in the 90th minute 15.03.14 to win the match a US Open Cup Qualifier.

International career

Corrales made his debut for El Salvador in a May 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Nicaragua and has, as of December 2010, earned a total of 71 caps, scoring 16 goals. He represented his country in 20 FIFA World Cup qualification matches [4] and played at the 2001, [5] 2003, [6] 2005 [7] and 2009 UNCAF Nations Cups [8] as well as at the 2002, [9] 2003 [10] and 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cups. [11]

On February 6, 2008 in a FIFA World Cup qualification match against Anguilla, Corrales became the first player in Salvadoran history to score five goals in a World Cup qualifier. The previous record was held by legendary Salvadoran striker Raúl Díaz Arce, who had scored four goals against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers. He scored his most memorable goal in a FIFA World Cup qualification match against Costa Rica on September 9, 2009. Scoring a goal at the 90th minute that gave life back to El Salvador in this Qualification Stage.

International goals

Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
125 May 2001 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 1–02–1 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup
29 February 2003 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 2–12–1 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup
313 February 2003 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 3–01–0 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup
46 July 2003 The Home Depot Center, Carson, United StatesFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2–02–1 Friendly match
56 February 2008 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Flag of Anguilla.svg  Anguilla 3–012–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
66 February 2008 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Flag of Anguilla.svg  Anguilla 4–012–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
76 February 2008 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Flag of Anguilla.svg  Anguilla 6–012–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
86 February 2008 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Flag of Anguilla.svg  Anguilla 7–012–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
96 February 2008 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Flag of Anguilla.svg  Anguilla 8–012–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
1026 March 2008 RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C., United StatesFlag of Anguilla.svg  Anguilla 2–04–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
1123 April 2008 Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United StatesFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1–02–2 Friendly match
1223 April 2008 Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United StatesFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2–02–2 Friendly match
1319 November 2008 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 1–01–3 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
1427 May 2009 Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United StatesFlag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador 2–13–1 Friendly match
159 September 2009 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 1–01–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
1624 February 2010 Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, United StatesFlag of the United States.svg  United States 1–01–2 Friendly match
1729 May 2011 Robertson Stadium, Houston, United StatesFlag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 2–22–2 Friendly match

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