Denil Maldonado

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Denil Maldonado
Denil witth Motagua.png
Maldonado with Motagua in 2018
Personal information
Full name Denil Omar Maldonado Munguía
Date of birth (1998-05-26) 26 May 1998 (age 23)
Place of birth Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Motagua
Number --
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Motagua 60 (2)
2020 → Pachuca (loan) 0 (0)
2020–2021 → Everton (loan) 17 (1)
National team‡
2015 Honduras U17 2 (0)
2017 Honduras U20 9 (1)
2018 Honduras U21 5 (1)
2019–2021 Honduras U23 13 (2)
2019– Honduras 5 (0)
Honours
Representing  Honduras
Men's football
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima Team competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 November 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 September 2021

Denil Omar Maldonado Munguía (born 26 May 1998) is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a defender for Chilean club Everton, on loan from Liga MX club Pachuca. He also represents the Honduras national team.[1]

Club career[]

Motagua[]

Maldonado started his professional career with F.C. Motagua under the management of Diego Vásquez. He made his debut on 6 September 2015, in a 4–2 home defeat against Real Sociedad.[2] He scored his first goal on 2 December 2018 in the Apertura tournament semi-final against Platense.[3]

Pachuca[]

On 19 January 2020, Maldonado joined Mexican team C.F. Pachuca on a year–long loan, with an option to buy once six months have passed.[4] He made his debut the following 28 January in a 3–1 (4–2 on aggregate) win against Venados F.C. in the round of 16 of the Copa MX.[5]

Everton[]

On 9 September, Maldonado was loaned out to Chilean Primera División side Everton de Viña del Mar for six months after Pachuca and Motagua agreed to extend Maldonado's loan until July 2021.[6][7]

International career[]

Under-17[]

Maldonado represented Honduras at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.[8]

Under-20[]

Maldonado played with the Honduras U-20 at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games in Colombia. He played in all five games and scored a goal against Trinidad and Tobago.[9]

Under 23[]

On 23 July 2019, Maldonado was selected to represent Honduras at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.[10] He captained the team throughout the tournament and sent Honduras to the final after converting the decisive penalty in a penalty shoot-out against Mexico.[11] He played in the gold medal match as Honduras lost 4–1 to Argentina.[12]

Senior[]

He made his debut for senior national team on 5 September 2019 in a friendly against Puerto Rico, as a starter.[13]

Career statistics[]

International[]

As of match played 14 November 2020
National team Year Apps Goals
Honduras 2019 4 0
2020 1 0
Total 5 0

Personal life[]

On 14 February 2017, his older brother Alex Maldonado was murdered inside a public transit bus in Tegucigalpa.[14]

Honours[]

Motagua

Honduras Youth

Individual

References[]

  1. ^ "El Everton chileno confirma el fichaje de Denil Maldonado". El Heraldo. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Motagua se vuelve a comer cuatro; esta vez de Real Sociedad". Diario Diez. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Motagua llega a la final como un "ciclón"". Diario Mas. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  4. ^ Las primeras horas de Denil Maldonado como jugador del Pachuca de México (Denil Maldonado's first hours as a player of Pachuca); Diario Diez. 19 January 2020 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Denil Maldonado debutó y el Pachuca se metió a cuartos de final de la Copa MX (Denil Maldonado debuts and Pachuca reaches the quarterfinals of the Copa MX); Diario Diez. 28 January 2020 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Oficial: El Everton de Chile anuncia el fichaje del hondureño Denil Maldonado (Official: Everton of Chile announces the signing of the Honduran Denil Maldonado); La Prensa. 9 September 2020 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ El hondureño Denil Maldonado es presentado por el Everton de la Primera División de Chile (The Honduran Denil Maldonado is presented by Everton of the First Division of Chile); Diario Diez. 9 September 2020 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ "FOTOS: Uno a uno, ellos son los 21 mundialistas Sub17 de Honduras". Diario Diez. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  9. ^ "LISTADO DEL PARTIDO" (PDF). El Heraldo. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  10. ^ Convocatoria de la Selección Sub-23 de Honduras para los Juegos Panamericanos Lima 2019 (Selection of the Honduras Under-23 National Team for the Pan American Games Lima 2019); Diario Diez. 23 July 2019 (in Spanish)
  11. ^ ¡Por el oro! Honduras derriba a México y clasifica a la final de los Panamericanos (For the gold! Honduras knocks out Mexico and qualifies for the final of the Pan American Games); Diario Diez. 7 August 2019 (in Spanish)
  12. ^ Honduras cae ante Argentina y se cuelga la medalla de Plata en Juegos Panamericanos de Lima-2019 (Honduras falls to Argentina and hangs the silver medal at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games); Diario Diez. 10 August 2019 (in Spanish)
  13. ^ "Honduras v Puerto Rico game report". ESPN. 5 September 2019.
  14. ^ "Universitario que murió en asalto era hermano de jugador del Motagua y de la Sub 20 de Honduras". El Heraldo. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  15. ^ ¡El Motagua de Diego Vázquez se corona campeón del Torneo Apertura 2018! (Diego Vázquez' Motagua is crowned champion of the 2018 Apertura tournament); La Prensa. 16 December 2018. (in Spanish)
  16. ^ Motagua se corona bicampeón de Honduras y ya suma 17 títulos (Motagua is crowned double champion of Honduras and already has 17 titles); Diario Diez. 2 June 2019 (in Spanish)

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