Denil Maldonado

Denil Omar Maldonado Munguía (born 26 May 1998) is a Honduran footballer who plays as a defender for Mexican club C.F. Pachuca, on loan from Motagua, and the Honduras national team.[1][2]

Denil Maldonado
Honduran footballer
Personal information
Full name Denil Omar Maldonado Munguía
Date of birth (1998-05-26) 26 May 1998
Place of birth Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Pachuca
(on loan from Motagua)
Number 2
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Motagua 60 (2)
2020– → Pachuca (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2015 Honduras U-17 2 (0)
2017 Honduras U-20 9 (1)
2018 Honduras U21 5 (1)
2019– Honduras U23 7 (1)
2019– Honduras 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 November 2019

Club career

Motagua

Maldonado started his professional career with F.C. Motagua under the management of Diego Vásquez. He made his debut on 6 September 2015 in a 4–2 home defeat against C.D. Real Sociedad.[3] He scored his first goal on 2 December 2018 in the Apertura tournament semi-final against Platense F.C.[4]

On 19 January 2020, Maldonado joined Mexican team C.F. Pachuca on a year long loan, with an option to buy once six months have passed.[5] He made his debut the following 28 January in a 3–1 (4–2 on aggregate) win against Venados F.C. in the round of 16 of the Copa MX.[6]

International career

Under-17

Maldonado represented Honduras at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.[7]

Under-20

Maldonado played with the Honduras U-20 at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games in Colombia. He played in all five games and scored a goal against Trinidad and Tobago.[8]

Under 23

On 23 July 2019, Maldonado was selected to represent Honduras at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.[9] He captained the team throughout the tournament and sent Honduras to the final after converting the decisive penalty in a penalty shoot-out against Mexico.[10] He played in the gold medal match as Honduras lost 4–1 to Argentina.[11]

Senior

He made his debut for senior national team on 5 September 2019 in a friendly against Puerto Rico, as a starter.[12]

Personal life

On 14 February 2017, his older brother Alex Maldonado was murdered inside a public transit bus in Tegucigalpa.[13]

Honors

Motagua

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References
  1. "D. Maldonado". Soccerway.com. Soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
  2. "Denil Maldonado, la joyita de las Águilas Azules del Motagua". El Heraldo. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  3. "Motagua se vuelve a comer cuatro; esta vez de Real Sociedad". Diario Diez. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  4. "Motagua llega a la final como un "ciclón"". Diario Mas. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  5. Las primeras horas de Denil Maldonado como jugador del Pachuca de México (Denil Maldonado's first hours as a player of Pachuca); Diario Diez. 19 January 2020 (in Spanish)
  6. Denil Maldonado debutó y el Pachuca se metió a cuartos de final de la Copa MX (Denil Maldonado debuts and Pachuca reaches the quarterfinals of the Copa MX); Diario Diez. 28 January 2020 (in Spanish)
  7. "FOTOS: Uno a uno, ellos son los 21 mundialistas Sub17 de Honduras". Diario Diez. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  8. "LISTADO DEL PARTIDO" (PDF). El Heraldo. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  9. Convocatoria de la Selección Sub-23 de Honduras para los Juegos Panamericanos Lima 2019 (Selection of the Honduras Under-23 National Team for the Pan American Games Lima 2019); Diario Diez. 23 July 2019 (in Spanish)
  10. ¡Por el oro! Honduras derriba a México y clasifica a la final de los Panamericanos (For the gold! Honduras knocks out Mexico and qualifies for the final of the Pan American Games); Diario Diez. 7 August 2019 (in Spanish)
  11. Honduras cae ante Argentina y se cuelga la medalla de Plata en Juegos Panamericanos de Lima-2019 (Honduras falls to Argentina and hangs the silver medal at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games); Diario Diez. 10 August 2019 (in Spanish)
  12. "Honduras v Puerto Rico game report". ESPN. 5 September 2019.
  13. "Universitario que murió en asalto era hermano de jugador del Motagua y de la Sub 20 de Honduras". El Heraldo. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  14. ¡El Motagua de Diego Vázquez se corona campeón del Torneo Apertura 2018! (Diego Vázquez' Motagua is crowned champion of the 2018 Apertura tournament); La Prensa. 16 December 2018. (in Spanish)
  15. Motagua se corona bicampeón de Honduras y ya suma 17 títulos (Motagua is crowned double champion of Honduras and already has 17 titles); Diario Diez. 2 June 2019 (in Spanish)


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