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| Full name | Héctor Ramón Zelaya Rivera | ||
| Date of birth | 12 August 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Trinidad, Santa Bárbara, Honduras | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| Motagua | |||
| Deportivo de La Coruña | |||
| Motagua | |||
| National team | |||
| Honduras U-20 | |||
| Honduras | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Héctor Ramón Zelaya Rivera (born 12 August 1958) is a retired Honduran football player.
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Nicknamed Pecho de Águila, he played in defense or midfield for C.D. Motagua. He also played at Deportivo de La Coruña. He made his professional debut in the Honduran Liga Nacional on 7 March 1976 wearing the Motagua jersey in the 1–0 win against Campamento.[1]
Zelaya played three games for Honduras U-20 at the 1977 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Tunisia.[2]
He then played in 7 World Cup qualifying matches in 1980 and 1981 ,[3] taking Honduras to their first ever World Cup.
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.
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