Darwin Cerén

Darwin Cerén
Cerén playing for San Jose Earthquakes in 2017
Personal information
Full name Darwin Adelso Cerén Delgado
Date of birth (1989-12-31) 31 December 1989
Place of birth Quezaltepeque, El Salvador
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Houston Dynamo
Number 24
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2014 Juventud Independiente 87 (15)
2014 Orlando City (USL) 23 (2)
2015–2016 Orlando City 42 (2)
2016–2017 San Jose Earthquakes 33 (0)
2018– Houston Dynamo 17 (1)
National team
2012 El Salvador U23 3 (0)
2012– El Salvador 41 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 August 2018

Darwin Adelso Cerén Delgado (born 31 December 1989) is a Salvadoran professional footballer who plays as a midfielder, for the Major League Soccer club Houston Dynamo and is captain of the El Salvador national team.[1]

Club career

Juventud Independiente

Darwin began his professional career with Juventud Independiente in 2009 along with his brother Oscar. He helped lift them from the second division to the first division. In total, he made 87 appearance for the club and scored 15 goals before departing in February 2014.[1] In the summer of 2013, he went on trial with Balıkesirspor of the Turkish second division, but a deal was never worked out.[2]

Orlando City SC

It was announced on 6 February 2014 that Ceren had signed for Orlando City SC of the USL Pro for the 2014 USL Pro season and for 2015 as OCSC enter Major League Soccer, becoming the club's third addition to their MLS roster.[1] Cerén went on to make 22 league appearances for the club, scoring two goals and assisting on three others, during the 2014 USL Pro season, Orlando City's last in the league before making the jump to Major League Soccer.[3] Cerén also won the Commissioner's Cup with the club during his first season before Orlando's surprise defeat to the Harrisburg City Islanders in the first round of the playoffs which saw Orlando eliminated.[4]

San Jose Earthquakes

Darwin Cerén was acquired by the San Jose Earthquakes on 3 August 2016 in exchange for midfielder Matías Pérez García and an international roster slot through the end of the 2016 MLS season.[5]

Houston Dynamo

On 19 January 2018, Cerén was traded to Houston Dynamo in exchange for $100,000 in General Allocation Money and $75,000 in Targeted Allocation Money.[6]

International career

Darwin Cerén made his debut for El Salvador in a friendly against New Zealand on 24 May 2012. The game ended in a 2–2 draw.[1] He scored his first goal against Venezuela in a 2–1 loss.[7][8][9][10]

Cerén captained El Salvador in the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup through four matches and led the squad to a 2–0 defeat in the quarterfinals to the United States, in the process drawing heated criticism for biting US defender Omar Gonzalez in the back on a corner kick during the game.[11] He received a three-match international ban for this.[12][13][14]

Personal life

In early 2015, Cerén received his U.S. green card which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.[15]

Cerén is married to Delia, and has three children.

Career statistics

Club

As of matches played 8 January 2018.
Club Season League Cup League Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Juventud 2011–12 Primera División 280——60
2012–13 3410——3410
2013–14 255——255
Total 8715——10715
Orlando City (USL) 2014 USL 2322[lower-alpha 1]0—252
Total 23220—252
Orlando City 2015 MLS 26220—262
2016 16000—160
Total 42020—440
San Jose Earthquakes 2016 MLS 12000—120
2017 220101[lower-alpha 2]0230
Total 3401010360
Houston Dynamo 2018 MLS 1512000151
Total 15 1 0 0 0 0 15 1
Career total 20120701020920
  1. ↑ Appearances in U.S. Open Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in MLS Cup Playoffs

International

As of matches played 1 December 2017.[16]
El Salvador national team
YearAppsGoals
201240
2013121
201470
201551
201630
201780
Total392

International goals

As of 15 July 2015[16]

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
122 May 2013Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida, Mérida, Venezuela Venezuela
1–0
1–2
Friendly
216 June 2015Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Saint Kitts and Nevis
1–0
4–1
2018 FIFA World Cup Q

Honours

Club

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "ORLANDO CITY SC ANNOUNCES DARWIN CEREN AS THIRD MLS PLAYER SIGNING". Orlando City SC. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  2. ↑ Melara, Gabriela. "Darwin Cerén no fichará con Balikesirspor de Turquía". laprensagrafica.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "2014 Stats". USL Pro. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Hoppenot, City Islanders Stun Lions". USL Pro. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Earthquakes acquire Darwin Ceren in trade with Orlando City SC". 3 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Dynamo acquire midfielder Darwin Ceren in trade with San Jose". 19 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "VENEZUELA VS. EL SALVADOR 2 – 1". soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  8. ↑ Gráfico, El. "Darwin Cerén ya luce la nueva camisa de la selección salvadoreña".
  9. ↑ Gráfica, La Prensa. "Darwin Cerén motiva a sus compañeros con esta foto en Instagram". La Prensa Gráfica.
  10. ↑ Gráfico, El. "Darwin Cerén pide acierto en la delantera de El Salvador".
  11. ↑ Steve Goff (20 July 2017). "Beyond 'nipple-gate': CONCACAF looks into alleged bite during U.S.'s odd Gold Cup win". Washington Post. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  12. ↑ "Gold Cup: Henry Romero & Darwin Ceren get bans after bites". BBC. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  13. ↑ "Darwin Cerén, nuevo jugador del Houston Dynamo".
  14. ↑ "Darwin Cerén, de Quezalte al mundo - elsalvador.com". 6 December 2017.
  15. ↑ Tenorio, Paul. "Carolina Challenge Cup Game 1: Orlando City vs. New York City FC".
  16. 1 2 "Darwin Ceren". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
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