César Obando
Personal information | |||
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Full name | César Augusto Obando Villeda | ||
Date of birth | 26 October 1969 | ||
Place of birth | Tegucigalpa, Honduras | ||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1988–1994 | Motagua | (23) | |
1994 | Universitario | ||
1994–1996 | UA Tamaulipas | 11 | (2) |
1998 | Victoria | ||
Vida | |||
Pumas UNAH | |||
2000 | Real España | ||
2001–2002 | Motagua | ||
2002–2003 | Cartaginés | ||
National team | |||
1991–2002 | Honduras | 33 | (15) |
Teams managed | |||
2012 | Necaxa (assistant) | ||
2012 | Pumas San Isidro | ||
2013– | Motagua Reserves | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
César Augusto Obando Villeda, nicknamed El Nene, (born 26 October 1969) is a retired Honduran football player who is considered one of the best players ever in Honduras but a serious injury cut his career early.
Club career
The diminutive Obando played in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras for Motagua, Victoria and Real España.[1] He also played abroad with Mexican outfit Correcaminos UAT, with fellow Honduran Eugenio Dolmo Flores at Peruvian side Universitario and in Costa Rica with Cartaginés.[2] At Cartaginés, he played alongside compatriots Arnold Cruz and Christian Santamaría but was released in February 2003.[3]
He played in the 1994 Copa Libertadores with Universitario, where the club were eliminated by Independiente Medellín in the knock-out stages.[4] In 1992, he was named World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year by the IFFHS.[5]
His last game as a professional player in the Honduran league was on 21 May 2002 with his team Motagua defeating Olimpia 2 - 1.[6] He is known for his powerful right footed shot. He scored 23 league goals for Motagua.[7]
International career
Obando made his debut for Honduras in a May 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Panama and has earned a total of 33 caps, scoring 15 goals. He has represented his country in 7 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[8] and played at the 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup.
His final international was a March 2002 friendly match against the United States.
International goals
- Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first.
Managerial career
Obando was named Motagua's reserves coach in 2013.[9]
References
- ↑ "El "Nene" Obando aún hace la bicicleta" ["The Kid" Obando still makes bicycle kicks] (in Spanish). La Prensa. 26 October 2010.
- ↑ "Desafíe a Ismael" [Challenge Ismael] (in Spanish). La Prensa. 4 March 2010.
- ↑ Cartaginés rescinde contrato a hondureño César Obando - Nación (Spanish)
- ↑ "Los llevo en mi corazón" [I hold you in my heart] (in Spanish). El Heraldo. 4 September 2009.
- ↑ IFFHS' World's Best Goal Scorers of the Year 1997-2006 - RSSSF
- ↑ Ismael responde - La Prensa (Spanish)
- ↑ Goleadores - Ciclón
- ↑ César Obando – FIFA competition record
- ↑ César Obando: “He vuelto a casa” - El Heraldo (Spanish)
External links
- César Obando at National-Football-Teams.com
- César Obando Liga MX stats at Medio Tiempo.com (Spanish)