Maynor Figueroa

Maynor Figueroa
Figueroa playing for Wigan Athletic in 2010
Personal information
Full name Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez[1]
Date of birth (1983-05-02) 2 May 1983[1]
Place of birth Jutiapa, Honduras
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Playing position Centre Back / Left Back
Club information
Current team
 FC Dallas
Number 31
Youth career
1993–1999 Victoria
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2003 Victoria 24 (2)
2003–2008 Olimpia 100 (6)
2008 → Wigan Athletic (loan) 2 (0)
2008 → Wigan Athletic (loan) 29 (1)
2008–2013 Wigan Athletic 148 (3)
2013–2015 Hull City 35 (0)
2014 → Wigan Athletic (loan) 6 (0)
2015 Colorado Rapids 10 (1)
2016– FC Dallas 54 (3)
National team‡
1999–2003 Honduras U20 3 (1)
2001–2003 Honduras U23 8 (0)
2012 Honduras Olympic 4 (0)
2003– Honduras 146 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:10, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:40, 15 November 2017(UTC)

Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez (born 2 May 1983) is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a centre back or left back. He currently plays for FC Dallas of Major League Soccer (MLS) and the Honduras national football team, where he serves as captain. He spent most of his career at Wigan Athletic, where he made 179 Premier League appearances and won the 2013 FA Cup. Figueroa has made over 100 international appearances since 2003, including at three CONCACAF Gold Cups, two FIFA World Cups and the 2012 Olympics.

Club career

Early career

Born in Jutiapa, Atlántida,[1] Figueroa started his career with Victoria, before moving to Olimpia in 2003. He later became club captain. In 2007, Figueroa received offers from Major League Soccer clubs, one of which was revealed to be New England Revolution, but Olimpia's administrator, Osman Madrid, turned down all the offers. Figueroa had drawn previous interest from foreign clubs aside from those in MLS, including Club Toluca of Mexico making offers during 2007. However, during an interview, Madrid indicated the terms sought by other teams had been neither agreeable nor economically favourable to Olimpia or Figueroa.

Wigan Athletic (loan)

On 20 December 2007, Honduran newspaper El Heraldo reported that, as a result of interest expressed by the Premier League club Wigan Athletic, Figueroa would be travelling to England. In January 2008, Figueroa joined Wigan on loan for the rest of the 2007–08 season.[3] In July 2008, after a complicated process involving work permit and visa issues, Figueroa rejoined Wigan on loan for a further six months, after which Wigan had the option to make the deal permanent following a successful loan spell.[4]

Wigan Athletic

On 23 December 2008, Wigan announced Figueroa had signed a three-and-a-half-year contract to join permanently.[5] He scored his first goal for Wigan on 11 January 2009. He scored a close range header to secure a late winner against Tottenham Hotspur.[6] On 12 December 2009, Figueroa scored a goal against Stoke City from his own half to put Wigan in the lead. Figueroa noticed Stoke goalkeeper Thomas Sørensen off his line at a free kick and struck the ball quickly to send the ball soaring over Sørensen and into the net.[7] Although the match ended 2–2, Figueroa made the headlines the following day, with Alan Hansen calling it a candidate for Goal of the Season.[8] Indeed, Figueroa's goal was chosen as Match of the Day's Goal of the Season for 2009–10. By the end of the 2009–10 campaign, he had made 81 appearances and scored twice in all competitions for Wigan.

The 2010–11 campaign proved difficult for Wigan and Figueroa. On 26 February 2011, he made his 100th Premier League appearance, playing the full 90 minutes at left-back in a 4–0 defeat against Manchester United at the DW Stadium. He scored a goal against fellow relegation struggling side Birmingham City on 19 March 2011 that led to a 2–1 win for Wigan.[9] On the last day of the season, Wigan needed to win and have results go their way in order to secure Premier League safety. Figueroa provided the breakthrough for the away side in the 78th minute, setting up Hugo Rodallega to win the game 1–0 at Stoke City and confirm Wigan's safety in the Premier League.[10]

During Wigan's first League Cup game of the 2012–13 season, Figueroa scored from 35 yards out, as Wigan defeated Nottingham Forest 4–1 at the City Ground.[11] Wigan was even more successful in the FA Cup as they won the competition that season. However, they did not have as much success in the Premier League and were relegated at the end of the season.

Figueroa (right) playing for Hull City 2014

Hull City

Newly promoted Premier League side Hull City announced the signing of Figueroa on a free transfer on 17 June 2013.[12] He made his debut on the first day of the 2013–14 season in a 2–0 loss away at Chelsea.[13] On 21 October 2014 Figueroa returned to Wigan Athletic on a month-loan[14] and went on to play in the 0–0 draw against Millwall the same day.[15] After five consecutive games for the club since joining on loan, Wigan extended his loan deal until 30 December 2014.[16] He was recalled to Hull on 22 December 2014, along with Tom Ince from Nottingham Forest.[17] On 28 May 2015, Figueroa was one of six players released by Hull manager Steve Bruce.[18]

MLS

Following his release by Hull City, Figueroa joined MLS team Colorado Rapids on 7 August 2015.[19] He made his MLS debut on 21 October 2015 in a 2-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City.[20] On 26 January 2016, Figueroa was traded to FC Dallas.[21] He made his league debut for Dallas on 6 March 2016 in a 2-0 win over the Philadelphia Union.[22] In his first season in Dallas, the club won the U.S. Open Cup and the Supporters' Shield.

International career

Duckens Nazon of Haiti against Figueroa in the Gold Cup, Sporting Park, Kansas City, Kansas, 13 July 2015.

Figueroa made his debut for Honduras in 2003 and has since gone on to score goals against Belize, Cuba, Jamaica, the United States and Australia. He was part of the Honduras squad at the 2005, 2007, 2011 (did not appear) and 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cups. He was also named in the 23-man squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Figueroa played out of position as a centre back at the World Cup, due to the form of Emilio Izaguirre. He was again named to Honduras' squad for the 2014 World Cup. Figueroa also represented Honduras at U-20 and U-23 level from 1999 to 2003 and 2001 to 2003 respectively, scoring once in three games for the U-20s and failing to score in eight outings with the U-23 side. He joined the U-23 squad as an overage player for the 2012 Summer Olympics. He has won a total of 146 caps (tied for second most for Honduras), scoring five goals since his debut back in 2003. He is currently the national team captain.

Personal life

Figueroa is married to Sandra Norales, a handball player who represents Honduras in that sport.[23]

Career statistics

As of 3 March 2017.[24]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup[upper-alpha 1] Other[upper-alpha 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Victoria 2000–01 Honduran Liga Nacional
2001–02 Honduran Liga Nacional
Total 242242
Olimpia 2002–03 Honduran Liga Nacional
2003–04 Honduran Liga Nacional
2004–05 Honduran Liga Nacional
2005–06 Honduran Liga Nacional
2006–07 Honduran Liga Nacional
2007–08 Honduran Liga Nacional 271000000271
Total 10061006
Wigan Athletic 2007–08[25] Premier League 2000000020
2008–09[26] Premier League 381102000411
2009–10[27] Premier League 351300000381
2010–11[28] Premier League 331204000391
2011–12[29] Premier League 380001000390
2012–13[30] Premier League 331612100413
Total 179412191002006
Hull City 2013–14[31] Premier League 320600000380
2014–15[32] Premier League 3010102070
Total 350701020450
Wigan Athletic (loan) 2014 Championship 600000—60
Colorado Rapids 2015 MLS 101000000101
FC Dallas 2016 MLS 300302031381
2017 MLS 263000000263
2018 MLS 0000002020
Total 563302051664
Career total 410172211217145119
Notes
  1. ↑ Includes MLS Cup appearances
  2. ↑ Includes UEFA Europa League and CONCACAF Champions League appearances

International goals

Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first.[33]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.5 July 2005Orange Bowl, Miami, United States Trinidad and Tobago1–11–12005 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2.10 October 2006Herndon Stadium, Atlanta, United States Guatemala1–02–1Friendly
3.15 October 2013Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica Jamaica2–12–22014 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.14 October 2014FAU Stadium, Boca Raton, United States United States1–11–1Friendly
5.15 November 2017Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia Australia1-31-32018 FIFA World Cup qualification Inter-continental play-off

Honours and awards

Club

C.D. Olimpia
Wigan Athletic
FC Dallas

References

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  2. ↑ "Player Profile". Premier League. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  3. ↑ "Wigan swoop for defender Figueroa". BBC Sport. 17 January 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
  4. ↑ "It Fig-ures". Wigan Athletic F.C. 29 July 2008. Archived from the original on 19 September 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
  5. ↑ "Figueroa wraps up move to Wigan". BBC Sport. 23 December 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
  6. ↑ Hughes, Ian (11 January 2009). "Wigan 1–0 Tottenham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
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  8. ↑ Fletcher, Paul (12 December 2009). "Stoke 2–2 Wigan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
  9. ↑ "Wigan Athletic vs. Birmingham City - Football Match Report - March 19, 2011 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  10. ↑ "Hugo Rodallega keeps Wigan in top flight with goal against Stoke City". The Guardian. 22 May 2011.
  11. ↑ "Nott'm Forest 1–4 Wigan: First-half blitz helps Latics dodge banana-skin". The Mirror. 28 August 2012.
  12. ↑ "Tigers Sign Figueroa". hullcityafc.net. Hull City AFC. 17 June 2013. Archived from the original on 19 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  13. ↑ "Chelsea 2 – 0 Hull". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 August 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  14. ↑ "Maynor Figueroa: Hull defender in Wigan loan return". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  15. ↑ "Wigan 0 0 Millwall". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  16. ↑ "Maynor Figueroa: Wigan extend Hull defender's loan deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  17. ↑ "Hull City recall Tom Ince and Maynor Figueroa". BBC Sport. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  18. ↑ "Hull City: Paul McShane and Steve Harper among six released". BBC Sport. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  19. ↑ "Rapids sign experienced defender Maynor Figueroa". Colorado Rapids. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  20. ↑ "Sporting KC vs. Colorado Rapids - 22 October 2015 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  21. ↑ "FC Dallas acquires Honduran defender Maynor Figueroa from Colorado Rapids in exchange for General Allocation Money". FCDallas.com. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  22. ↑ "Dallas vs. Philadelphia Union - 6 March 2016 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
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  31. ↑ "Games played by Maynor Figueroa in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  32. ↑ "Games played by Maynor Figueroa in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  33. ↑ "M. Figueroa". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  34. ↑ "M. Figueroa". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
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