Héctor Canjura

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Héctor Canjura
Personal information
Full name Héctor Aarón Canjura Astorga
Date of birth (1976-07-15) July 15, 1976 (age 45)
Place of birth San Salvador, El Salvador
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) midfielder
Youth career
1986–1994 Los Pericos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 ADET
1999–2006 Luis Ángel Firpo
2007–2009 Nejapa 76 (6)
National team‡
2000–2002 El Salvador 12 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 January 2011
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 January 2011
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Canjura and the second or maternal family name is Astorga.

Héctor Aarón Canjura Astorga (born 15 July 1976 in San Salvador) is a retired football player from El Salvador.

Club career[]

Canjura started his professional career at ADET, but then joined Luis Ángel Firpo for a long spell. He ended his career at Nejapa in December 2009[1] to become an administrative manager at the club which was renamed Alacranes Del Norte.[2]

International career[]

Canjura made his debut for El Salvador in a July 2000 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Honduras and has earned a total of 12 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country in 3 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[3] and played at the 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup[4] and at the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[5]

His final international game was a January 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against Mexico.

International goals[]

Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 25 May 2001 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras  Panama 2-0 2-1 UNCAF Nations Cup

Honours[]

1999 Clausura, 2000 Clausura

References[]

  1. ^ Nejapa llevará a cabildeo su nuevo nombre - La Prensa Grafica (in Spanish)
  2. ^ “El Cacho” Meléndez sustituirá a De Simone - La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Héctor Canjura – FIFA competition record (archived)
  4. ^ UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2001 - Details Archived October 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  5. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2002 - Full Details Archived 2010-01-17 at WebCite - RSSSF

External links[]


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