Fredy Thompson

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Fredy Thompson
Personal information
Full name	Fredy Williams Thompson León
Date of birth	(1982-06-02) June 2, 1982
Place of birth	Puerto Barrios, Guatemala
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 ¹⁄₂ in)^[1]
Playing position	defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club	CSD Comunicaciones
Number	15
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2000–2007	Comunicaciones	90	(7)
2007–2008	Municipal	25	(0)
2008	Albinegros de Orizaba	11	(0)
2008–present	CSD Comunicaciones
National team^‡
2001–present	Guatemala	81	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 October 2008. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 January 2010

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Thompson and the second or maternal family name is León.

Fredy Williams Thompson León (born June 2, 1982 in Puerto Barrios, Izabal) is a Guatemalan professional footballer, who currently plays for Comunicaciones in Guatemala's top division.

Club career

Thompson started his career at Guatemalan giants CSD Comunicaciones where he would stay for 7 years and captain the side. He then joined bitter rivals CSD Municipal in 2007, but he was never accepted by the Rojos 'fans so he decided not to return after only one season.^[2] A move to Europe with Inter Milan or Manchester United, or American Major League Soccer had been mentioned for some time, but he joined Mexican side Albinegros in 2008, only to return to the Cremas in June 2008.^[3]

International career

He made his debut for the Guatemalan national team in a March 2001 friendly match against Trinidad & Tobago and went on to represent Guatemala during the 2006 World Cup qualification and 2010 World Cup qualification rounds.^[4] As of January 2010, he had earned 81 caps, scoring no goals.^[5]

He has also captained the national side in the absence of Carlos Ruiz.

On November 15, 2011 in a 2014 World Cup qualification match against Grenada, he scored his very first goal to give Guatemala a 2-1 lead.The match ended 4-1.

External links

Fredy Thompson at National-Football-Teams.com

References

↑ "Fredy Thompson Official Website".
↑ Definitivamente Thompson no llega a Comunicaciones - La Red Deportiva (Spanish)
↑ Freddy Thompson ya entrena con Comunicaciones - La Red Deportiva (Spanish)
↑ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
↑ Fredy Williams Thompson - International Appearances - RSSSF

Guatemala squads

v t e Guatemala squad – 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 Estrada 2 Chen 3 Melgar 5 Cabrera 6 Jiménez 7 Benítez 8 Romero 10 García 11 Ramírez 14 Albizuris 15 Plata 18 Pérez 19 Thompson 20 C. Ruiz 21 Pivaral 22 Ortiz 23 Donis Coach: Cortés

v t e Guatemala squad – 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 Estrada 2 Morales 4 González 6 Monterroso 7 Thompson 8 Rodríguez 9 Acevedo 10 García 13 Martínez 14 Aguirre 15 Plata 16 Machón 18 Romero 19 Valencia 20 C. Ruiz 21 Zacarías 22 Motta Coach: Aguado

v t e Guatemala squad – 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 Klee 2 Morales 3 Melgar 4 Chen 5 Hernández 6 G. Cabrera 7 Thompson 8 Romero 9 Zacarías 10 Villatoro 11 Ramírez 12 Figueroa 13 Martínez 14 E. Ponciano 17 Pezzarossi 20 C. Ruiz 21 R. Gómez 22 Molina 23 Sandoval 24 Dávila 25 P.C. Motta 26 Sanabria Coach: Maradiaga

Persondata
Name	Thompson, Fredy
Alternative names
Short description	Guatemalan footballer
Date of birth	1982-06-02
Place of birth	Puerto Barrios, Guatemala
Date of death
Place of death

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