Sergio Chamorro

Sergio Fernando Chamorro Fletes (born 25 November 1971) is a retired Nicaraguan footballer.

Sergio Chamorro
Personal information
Full name Sergio Fernando Chamorro Fletes
Date of birth (1971-11-25) November 25, 1971
Place of birth , Nicaragua
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1998 Walter Ferretti
1999–2007 Real Estelí
National team
1991–2004 Nicaragua 14 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Chamorro and the second or maternal family name is Fletes.

Club career

Chamorro made his national league debut for Walter Ferretti in 1987 against Chinandega and also played for local top side Real Estelí whom he joined in 1999.

From September 2005 he held out for almost 9 successive clean sheets and was unbeaten in 749 minutes, breaking the previous Nicaraguan league record of former Esteli goalkeeper Glen Omier.[1]

International career

Chamorro made his debut for Nicaragua in an April 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup qualification match against El Salvador and has earned a total of 14 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 3 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[2] and played at the 1995[3] and 2003 UNCAF Nations Cups.[4]

His final international game was a June 2004 FIFA World Cup qualification match against St Vincent & the Grenadines.

Retirement and personal life

During his playing days with Walter Ferretti, Chamorro completed a degree in medicine which earned him his nickname el Docter. His study though denied him to play abroad. He is a specialist in orthopedics and traumatology doctor.[5] In 1999, he married Dr Johanna Camacho and they have two sons named Alfredo and Andrés.[6]

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References
  1. Récord de Chamorro Archived 2014-04-13 at the Wayback Machine - El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish)
  2. Sergio Chamorro – FIFA competition record
  3. UNCAF Tournament 1995 - RSSSF
  4. UNCAF Tournament 2003 - RSSSF
  5. Sergio Chamorro, el doctor del fútbol Archived 2014-04-13 at the Wayback Machine - El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish)
  6. “Todavía no me puedo divorciar del futbol” Sergio Chamorro Fletes, el mejor arquero de los noventa - La Prensa (in Spanish)

Sergio Chamorro at National-Football-Teams.com


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