Denil Maldonado

Denil Omar Maldonado Munguía (born 26 May 1998) is a Honduran footballer who plays as a right back for C.F. Pachuca in the Liga MX on loan from Motagua.[1][2]

Denil Maldonado
Personal information
Full name Denil Omar Maldonado Munguía
Date of birth (1998-05-26) 26 May 1998
Place of birth Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Pachuca
(on loan from Motagua)
Number 2
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Motagua 60 (2)
2020– → Pachuca (loan) 2 (0)
National team‡
2015 Honduras U-17
2016–2017 Honduras U-20
2018 Honduras U-21 5 (1)
2019– Honduras U-23 7 (1)
2019– Honduras 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 January 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 November 2019

Club career

Motagua

Maldonado started his professional career with F.C. Motagua under the management of Diego Vásquez. His debut was on 6 September 2015 in the 2–4 home defeat against C.D. Real Sociedad.[3] He scored his first league goal on 2 December 2018 in a semifinal match against Platense F.C..[4]

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.[5]

International career

Under-17

Maldonado represented Honduras at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.[6]

Under-20

The Honduras national under-20 football team participated in the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games in Colombia. Maldonado played in all five games and scored a goal against Trinidad and Tobago.[7]

Senior

He made his debut for Honduras national football team on 5 September 2019 in a friendly against Puerto Rico, as a starter.[8]

Personal life

On 14 February 2017, his older brother Alex Maldonado was murdered inside a public transit bus in Tegucigalpa.[9]

References
  1. "D. Maldonado". Soccerway.com. Soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
  2. "Denil Maldonado, la joyita de las Águilas Azules del Motagua". ElHeraldo.hn. El Heraldo. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  3. "Motagua se vuelve a comer cuatro; esta vez de Real Sociedad". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  4. "Motagua llega a la final como un "ciclón"". DiarioMas.hn. Diario Mas. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  5. Las primeras horas de Denil Maldonado como jugador del Pachuca de México (Denil Maldonado's first hours as a player of Pachuca); Diez, 19 January 2020 (in Spanish)
  6. "FOTOS: Uno a uno, ellos son los 21 mundialistas Sub17 de Honduras". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  7. "LISTADO DEL PARTIDO" (PDF). ElHeraldo.co. El Heraldo. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  8. "Honduras v Puerto Rico game report". ESPN. 5 September 2019.
  9. "Universitario que murió en asalto era hermano de jugador del Motagua y de la Sub 20 de Honduras". ElHeraldo.hn. El Heraldo. Retrieved 14 February 2017.


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