Héctor Canjura

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Héctor Canjura
Personal information
Full name	Héctor Aarón Canjura Astorga
Date of birth	(1976-07-15) July 15, 1976
Place of birth	San Salvador, El Salvador
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	midfielder
Youth career
1986–1994	Los Pericos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1996–1998	ADET
1999–2006	Luis Ángel Firpo
2007–2009	Nejapa	76	(6)
National team^‡
2000–2002	El Salvador	12	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 January 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 January 2011

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

Héctor Aarón Canjura Astorga (born 15 July 1976 in San Salvador) is a retired football player from El Salvador.

Club career

Canjura started his professional career at ADET, but then joined Luis Ángel Firpo for a long spell. He ended his career at Nejapa in December 2009^[1] to become an administrative manager at the club which was renamed Alacranes Del Norte.^[2]

International career

Canjura made his debut for El Salvador in a July 2000 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Honduras and has earned a total of 12 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country in 3 FIFA World Cup qualification matches^[3] and played at the 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup^[4] and at the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup.^[5]

His final international game was a January 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against Mexico.

International goals

Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	25 May 2001	Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Panama	2-0	2-1	UNCAF Nations Cup

Honours

Salvadoran Premier League: 2

1999 Clausura, 2000 Clausura

References

↑ Nejapa llevará a cabildeo su nuevo nombre - La Prensa Grafica (Spanish)
↑ “El Cacho” Meléndez sustituirá a De Simone - La Prensa Gráfica (Spanish)
↑ Héctor Canjura – FIFA competition record
↑ UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2001 - Details - RSSSF
↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2002 - Full Details - RSSSF

External links

Héctor Canjura at National-Football-Teams.com
Profile - El Gráfico (Spanish)

v t e El Salvador squad – 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 Rivera 2 Osorio 3 4 Benítez 5 Velásquez 6 Cubías 7 Canjura 8 Cabrera 9 Galdámez 10 11 Cerritos 12 Álvarez 13 Umanzor 14 Corrales 16 A. Martínez 17 Rodríguez 18 Navarro 19 E. Martínez 20 García 22 Gómez Coach: Recinos

Persondata
Name	Canjura, Hector
Alternative names
Short description	Salvadoran footballer
Date of birth	July 15, 1976
Place of birth	San Salvador, El Salvador
Date of death
Place of death

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