- Noel Valladares
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Noel Valladares Personal information Full name Noel Eduardo Valladares Bonilla Date of birth May 3, 1977 Place of birth Comayagua, Honduras Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) Playing position Goalkeeper Club information Current club Club Deportivo Olimpia Number 27 Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1997–2004 Motagua 68 (3) 2005– Olimpia ? (0) National team‡ 2000– Honduras 80 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2005.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2009-10-8Noel Eduardo Valladares Bonilla (born May 3, 1977) in Comayagua, Honduras, is a Honduran football goalkeeper, who currently plays for Olimpia, a Honduras football club based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
He was a member of the national squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[1] Prior to that experience he played as goalkeeper and forward for Honduras at the 1999 PanAmerican games in Winnipeg. He played as a striker for several seasons at Motagua.
Valladares is the first-choice goalkeeper for the Honduran national team and has earned more than 70 caps. He was an instrumental figure behind Honduras's qualifying run to the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals and played in all three games, conceding 3 goals against Chile (0-1) and Spain (0-2) before keeping a clean sheet and earning the Man of the Match award in the team's final game against Switzerland.
His nickname in the Honduran squad is 'The Secret' due to his shy personality away from the field. In 2010 he succeeded Amado Guevara as the captain of the Honduran national team.
In 2011, he won the award for "Best Goalkeeper in the Gold Cup 2011."
References
- ^ "Noel Valladares Biography & Statistics". Sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/noel-valladares-1.html. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
External links
Honduras squad – 2000 Summer Olympics 
Honduras squad – 2001 Copa América Third Place 1 Enamorado • 2 Philips • 3 Cárcamo • 4 Caballero • 5 Reyes • 6 Lagos • 7 Suazo • 8 Brown • 9 • 10 de León • 11 • 13 Bernárdez • 14 Rodríguez • 15 García • 16 Pineda • 17 Güity • 18 Martínez • 19 Turcios • 20 Guevara • 21 Pérez • 22 Valladares • 23 Izaguirre • 24 Medina • 26 Morales • Coach: MaradiagaHonduras squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup 1 Canales • 2 Chávez • 3 Figueroa • 4 J. Palacios • 5 Bernárdez • 6 Thomas • 7 Núñez • 8 W. Palacios • 9 Pavón • 10 J.N. Palacios • 11 Suazo • 12 Welcome • 13 Espinoza • 14 García • 15 Martínez • 16 Sabillón • 17 Álvarez • 18 Valladares • 19 Turcios • 20 Guevara (c) • 21 Izaguirre • 22 Escober • 23 Mendoza • Coach: RuedaHonduras squad – 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-finalists 1 Vallecillo • 2 Chávez • 3 Figueroa • 4 Leverón • 5 Bernárdez • 6 Thomas • 7 E. Martínez • 8 Palacios • 9 Bengtson • 10 Núñez • 12 Mejía • 13 Costly • 14 O. García • 15 W. Martínez • 16 Sabillón • 17 Espinoza • 18 Valladares • 19 Portillo • 21 J. Garcia • 22 Escober • 23 Delgado • 24 Beckeles • 25 Hernández • Coach: SuárezClub Deportivo Olimpia – current squad 1 F. Reyes · 3 H. Bermúdez · 4 F. de Souza · 5 Beckeles · 6 J. García · 8 Tilguath · 10 D. Turcios · 13 L. Garrido · 16 A. López · 18 Caetano · 19 Sandoval · 20 W. Hernández · 21 R. Rojas · 22 F. Arevalo · 25 Portillo · 26 N. Martínez · 27 N. Valladares · 28 D. Escober · 30 J.Palacios · 31 Andino · 32 Boniek · 33 Bruschi · 35 Morazan · 34 Ángel Castro · 38 F. Elvir · 39 J. García · 41 B. Johnson · — G. Argueta · — C. Mejía · — M. Castillo · — E. Ávila · — J. Tejeda · Manager: Danilo Tosello
Categories:- 1977 births
- Living people
- Honduran footballers
- Honduras international footballers
- Olympic footballers of Honduras
- Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- 2010 FIFA World Cup players
- Motagua players
- Club Deportivo Olimpia footballers
- 2001 Copa América players
- Honduran football biography stubs
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