Belize national football team

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Belize

Nickname(s)

The Jaguars

Association

Football Federation of Belize

Confederation

CONCACAF (North America)

Head coach

Palmiro Salas

Most caps

Vallan Symms (25)

Top scorer

Dion Frazer (3)

Home stadium

none

FIFA code

BLZ

FIFA ranking

172

Highest FIFA ranking

157 (May 2002)

Lowest FIFA ranking

201 (November 2007)

Elo ranking

179





First kit





Second kit

First international

El Salvador 3 - 0 Belize

(San Salvador, El Salvador; November 29, 1995)

Biggest win

Belize 7 - 1 Nicaragua

(Belize City, Belize; April 17, 2002)

Biggest defeat

Costa Rica 7 - 0 Belize

(San José, Costa Rica; March 17, 1999)

The Belize national football team is the national team of Belize and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belize. It is among the weakest teams in the world and has never qualified for a major international tournament.

1 International participation
2 Top Ten Goalscorers
3 Team Staff
4 Current Squad
- 4.1 Recent Call Ups
5 Players Abroad
6 References
7 External Links

[edit] International participation

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1986 - Did not enter
1994 - Did not enter
1998 to 2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] Gold Cup record

1991 - Did not enter
1993 - Did not enter
1996 to 2002 - Did not qualify
2003 - Did not enter
2005 to 2007 - Did not qualify

[edit] UNCAF Nations Cup record

1991 - Did not enter
1993 - Did not enter
1995 - First round
1997 - Did not qualify
1999 - First round
2001 - First round
2003 - Did not enter
2005 - First round
2007 - First round

[edit] Top Ten Goalscorers

#	Name	Career	Goals
1	Dion Frazer	2000-	3
2	David MacCauley		2
3	Deon MacCauley	2005-	2
4	Bent Burgess		2
5	Vallan Symms	2000-06/2008-	2
6	Esquivel		2
7	Deris Benavides	2007-	2
8	Denmark Casey		1
9	Wilmer García		1
10	Edon Rowley	2000-04/2008-	1

[edit] Team Staff

Head Coach: Palmiro Salas (Guatemala)
Physical Trainers: Luis Cabrera (El Salvador), Ernest Morris (Belize)
Goalkeepers Coach: Marvin Ottley (Belize)
Physiotherapist: Ken Vasquez (Belize)

[edit] Current Squad

The following players were called up for the World Cup Qualifying match against St. Kitts and Nevis on February 6, 2008.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Club
1	GK	Shane Moody-Orio	August 7, 1980	Puntarenas F.C.
2	DF	Trevor Lennen	June 5, 1983	Hankook Verdes
3	MF	Ryan Simpson		Atletico Chiriqui
4	DF	David Trapp		Revolutionary Conquerors
5	MF	Denis Benavides		San Pedro Dolphins
6		Christobal Gilharry
7	DF	Albert Thurton	June 4, 1977	FC Belize
8	FW	Dion Frazer	February 17, 1981	Santel's
9	FW	Deon McCauley		Puntarenas F.C.
10	MF	Harrison Roches		Deportes Savio
11		Jerome James		FC Belize
12	DF	Ian Gaynair		FC Belize
13	FW	Dennis Serrano		Suga Boys Juventus
14	DF	Bernard Linarez	October 29, 1985	Georgetown Ibayani
15	FW	Victor Morales	July 11, 1982	Costa Del Sol Nairi's
16	MF	Harrison Tasher		Wagiya
17	DF	Elroy Smith	July 11, 1975	Deportes Savio
18	GK	Charlie Slusher	January 20, 1968	Builders Hardware Bandits

[edit] Recent Call Ups

Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Club
GK	Woodrow West	21 (September 19, 1985)		Revolutionary Conquerors
DF	Jarbi Álvarez	30 (November 1, 1976)		CSD Sayaxche
DF	Vallan Symns	27 (March 20, 1980)	25	FC Belize
DF	Orland Lyons	23 (September 25, 1983)		Costa Del Sol Nairi's
DF	Mark Leslie	28 (August 20, 1978)		FC Belize
DF	Andrew Allen			Alpha Glitters
DF	Edon Rowley^[1]	25 (May 12, 1982)		Revolutionary Conquerors
DF	William Hoare			Greenwich Town
DF	Shamir Pacheco			Hankook Verdes
DF	Eduardo Perez			Estanzuela FC
DF	Rene Rodriguez	32 (June 17, 1975)		Alpha Glitters
DF	Edmund Thomas	26 (November 19, 1980)		Suga Boys Juventus
MF	Peter Mariano			Revolutionary Conquerors
MF	Wilmer Garcia	30 (March 5, 1977)		Texmar Boys
MF	Sylvain Lyons	25 (March 31, 1982)		Tours FC
MF	Aaron Nolberto	25 (October 24, 1981)		Revolutionary Conquerors
MF	Kevin Pelayo	(March 30, 1981)		Suga Boys Juventus
MF	Sanjay Pitts			Hankook Verdes
MF	Merlin Teck	23 (August 8, 1983)		Alpha Glitters
MF	Jorge Vargas			Panayot Hitov
MF	Jermaine Zuniga	27 (September 1, 1979)		Pickstock Lake
MF	Gary Young			Texmar Boys
MF	Gilmore Palacio	24 (October 11, 1982)		Texmar Boys
MF	Dalton Eiley	23 (December 1, 1983)		Ashton United
MF	Robert Muschamp			Texmar Boys
MF	Isidro Lara			Toledo United
MF	Selvin De León	27 (July 19, 1980)		Deportivo Petapa
MF	Deris Benavides			Costa Del Sol Nairi's
	Norman Nunez	36 (June 12, 1971)		Revolutionary Conquerors
	Cesario Rosales	23 (November 29, 1983)		Once Lobos
	Marlon Meza			Santel's
	Jorge Dorado	22 (April 17, 1985)		Hankook Verdes
	Giovanni Celiz	21 (September 11, 1985)		Alpha Glitters
	Oliver Hendricks			Suga Boys Juventus
	Lennox Castillo			CD Árabe Unido
	Christopher Hendricks	35 (July 7, 1972)		Suga Boys Juventus

[edit] Players Abroad

Name	Team
Shane Moody-Orio	Puntarenas F.C.
Rigoberto Garcia	[[CSD Europa FC. ]
Elroy Smith	Deportes Savio
Eduardo Perez	Estanzuela FC
Courtney Francis	Akon Sant Rita FC
Sylvain Lyons	Tours FC
Harrison Roches	Deportes Savio
Dalton Eiley	Ashton United F.C.
Jorge Vargas	Panayot Hitov
Selvin De León	Deportivo Petapa
Cesario Rosales	Once Lobos
Deon McCauley	Puntarenas F.C.
Rene West	Atletico Chiriqui