Leonel Noriega

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Leonel Noriega
Personal information
Full name	Leonel Lisandro Noriega Pereira
Date of birth	(1975-05-10) 10 May 1975
Place of birth	Cobán, Guatemala
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	Deportivo Marquense
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2004–2006	CD Suchitepéquez	30	(0)
2006–present	Deportivo Marquense	24	(1)
National team^‡
2006–2007	Guatemala	13	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 February 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 February 2010

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

Leonel Noriega (born 10 May 1975 in Cobán), nicknamed "El Cholo", is a Guatemalan football midfielder who currently plays for Deportivo Marquense in the Liga Nacional de Guatemala.

Club career

Noriega, a defensive midfielder, has been playing for Marquense since 2006 after moving from CD Suchitepéquez and signed a year extension of his contract ahead of the 2009/2010 season.^[1]

International career

Noriega made his debut for Guatemala in a February 2006 friendly match against the United States and has made 13 appearances for the full Guatemala national football team including three matches at the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup^[2] He has also represented his country at the UNCAF Nations Cup 2007.^[3]

References

↑ Leonel Noriega Firma por 1 año - Deportivo Marquense
↑ "CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 - Full Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
↑ UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2007 - Details - RSSSF

External links

Leonel Noriega at National-Football-Teams.com

v t e Guatemala squad – 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 Trigueño 2 Noriega 3 Melgar 4 Flores 5 Medina 6 G. Cabrera 7 Albizuris 8 Contreras 9 Villatoro 11 Ávila 12 Figueroa 13 Martínez 14 R. Gómez 15 Swisher 16 de Matta 17 Pezzarossi 18 Quiñónez 19 Rodríguez 20 C. Ruiz 22 Molina 23 Sandoval 25 P.C. Motta 27 Arreola Coach: H.D. Gómez

Persondata
Name	Noriega, Leonel
Alternative names
Short description	Guatemalan footballer
Date of birth	10 May 1975
Place of birth	Cobán, Guatemala
Date of death
Place of death

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