Roger Mayorga

Roger Mayorga
Personal information
Full nameRoger Mayorga
Date of birthJuly 10, 1946
Place of birthManagua, Nicaragua
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Youth career
Escuela José Martí
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1961Club Dinamo
Rincón Español
Milca Roja
1967Flor de Caña
1967América Cali
19671968Aurora
1969Águila
19711979Motagua123(0)
19791980Universidad
1981Marathón
19821984Súper Estrella
National team
Nicaragua
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Roger Mayorga (born 10 July 1946) is a retired Nicaraguan football goalkeeper.

Club career

Regarded as the finest of Nicaraguan goalkeepers alongside Salvador Dubois, Mayorga played his club football for Club Dinamo, Rincon Espanol, Milca Roja and Flor de Caña FC in his homeland Nicaragua and spent time abroad playing for América de Cali in Colombia, Águila in El Salvador and Aurora in Guatemala.

Honduras

He had a lengthy spell with Motagua, for whom he would play 123 games,[1] and played for Universidad, Marathón and Super Estrella de Danlí in Honduras. He retired aged 38.

He holds the record of most successive clean sheets in the Honduran league, 10 matches without a goal conceded between 22 February 1976 and 9 May 1976.[2]

Honours

Titles

Season Team Title
1967Nicaragua Flor de Caña Primera División de Nicaragua
1967Guatemala Aurora Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala
1968Guatemala Aurora Guatemala Domestic Cup
1970–71 Honduras Motagua Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras
1973–74 Honduras Motagua Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras
1975–1976, 19761977 (Runner up)Honduras Motagua Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras
1979-80 (Runner up)Honduras Universidad Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras
1980 CONCACAF Champions' Cup (Runner up)Honduras Universidad CONCACAF Champions' Cup
19801981 (Runner up)Honduras Marathón Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras

Record

Mayorga maintains a record of 838 minutes without conceiving a goal playing for C.D. Motagua in 1976.[3]

Personal life

His parents were Bienvenida Mayorga and Julio Gutiérrez. He lives with his family in Arizona, with family in NY.

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