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José Roberto Figueroa
Honduran footballer

José Roberto Figueroa

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Intro
Honduran footballer
Work field
Gender
Male
Star sign
SagittariusSagittarius
Birth
15 December 1959, Olanchito, Honduras
Age
64 years
Sports Teams
Real Murcia
C.D.S. Vida
Hércules CF
Fútbol Club Motagua
Club Sport Cartaginés
Honduras national football team
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Biography

José Roberto Figueroa Padilla, also known as Macho, (born 15 December 1959 in Coyoles, Olanchito) is a retired Honduran footballer who played as a forward, in Honduras for F.C. Motagua, C.D.S. Vida and in Spain for Real Murcia and Hércules CF. He also represented Honduras at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Macho Figueroa was a forward his best technical movements was a powerful shot. After a great participation with Honduras in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, his services were acquired by Real Murcia of the Spanish Second Division. By dint of goals, Figueroa contributed to his team will return to the La Liga. His league debut was against Real Sociedad where he had a good afternoon scoring two goals. He scored eleven goals in each of the two seasons he played in La Liga. A hat trick he did to CD Málaga on the third day of the 1984–85 season earned him get to lead the list of top scorers in the category. Over time, Macho with his goals became one of the most important players in the history of Real Murcia.

He finished his career at the team where he started his professional career, C.D.S. Vida, after a stint in Costa Rica with C.S. Cartaginés.

International career

Figueroa made his debut for Honduras in 1980 and earned at least 28 caps, scoring 13 goals. He has represented his country in 19 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and was part of the 1982 FIFA World Cup squad in Spain, where he played all 3 matches.

International goals

Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first.
N.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 April 1980Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca, Mexico Mexico1–5Friendly match
2.23 November 1980Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador El Salvador1–21–21982 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.14 December 1980Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Panama3–05–01982 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.14 December 1980Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Panama5–05–01982 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.3 November 1981Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Haiti4-04-01982 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.12 November 1981Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Canada2–12–11982 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.15 June 1984Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colón, Panama Panama2–03–01986 FIFA World Cup qualification
8.15 June 1984Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colón, Panama Panama3–03–01986 FIFA World Cup qualification
9.24 June 1984Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Panama1–01–01986 FIFA World Cup qualification
10.6 March 1985Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Suriname1–02–11986 FIFA World Cup qualification
11.6 March 1985Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Suriname2–02–11986 FIFA World Cup qualification
12.11 August 1985Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José, Costa Rica Costa Rica1–02–21986 FIFA World Cup qualification
13.8 September 1985Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Costa Rica2–13–11986 FIFA World Cup qualification
14.8 September 1985Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Costa Rica3–13–11986 FIFA World Cup qualification

Managerial career

In October 2012, he was named sporting director of Honduran Second Division side Real Sociedad after he lived in the US for 14 years.

The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article on 23 Apr 2020. The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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