Héctor Zelaya

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Personal information
Héctor Zelaya
Full name	Héctor Ramón Zelaya Rivera
Date of birth	August 12, 1957 (1957-08-12) (age 50)
Place of birth	Trinidad, Santa Bárbara, Honduras
Playing position	defender
Club information
Current club	retired
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
	Motagua Deportivo de La Coruña Motagua
National team
	Honduras
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Héctor Ramón Zelaya Rivera (born 12 August 1957) is a retired Honduran football player.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Club career

Nicknamed Pecho de Águila, he played in defense or midfield for Club Deportivo Motagua. He also played at Deportivo de La Coruña.

[edit] International career

Zelaya played three games for Honduras U-20 at the 1977 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Tunisia^[1].

He then played in 7 World Cup qualifying matches in 1980 and 1981 ^[2], taking Honduras to their first ever World Cup finals.

He is most famous for his goal against Spain at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, putting the "Catrachos" 1-0 up against the hosts in Valencia in their first game. Eventually, Spain needed a penalty to equalise.

[edit] External links

El gol más "bonito" del mundo - La Tribuna (Spanish)
Un día muy especial - ESPN (Spanish)

[edit] References

^ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
^ FIFA games - FIFA

v • d • e Honduras squad - 1982 FIFA World Cup

1 Nazar • 2 Gutiérrez • 3 Villegas • 4 Bulnes • 5 Costly • 6 Maradiaga • 7 Laing • 8 Toledo • 9 Betancourt • 10 Figueroa • 11 Bueso • 12 Drummond • 13 Norales • 14 Juan Cruz • 15 Zelaya • 16 Bailey • 17 José Cruz • 18 Caballero • 19 Guity • 20 Yearwood • 21 Arzú • 22 Steward • Coach: de la Paz