Erick Norales

Erick Norales
	Erick Norales (white jersey)
Personal information
Full name	Erick Zenón Norales Casildo
Date of birth	11 February 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	La Ceiba, Honduras
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Platense
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2006	Vida
2006–2011	Marathón
2012	Hunan Billows
2013	Marathón
2013	→ Vida (loan)
2014–2015	Indy Eleven
2016	Rayo OKC
2017	Marathón
2017–	Platense
International career
	Honduras U20
2007–2008	Honduras U23
2007–2014	Honduras
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 August 2017

Erick Zenón Norales Casildo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈeɾik noˈɾales]; born 11 February 1985) is a Honduran football defender who plays for Platense.

Club career[edit]

Norales began his professional career with C.D.S. Vida in 2002, making eighty league appearances and scoring seven goals. From 2006 to 2011 he appeared in 118 league matches for C.D. Marathón, winning three straight Apertura season titles (2007–2008, 2008–2009, and 2009–2010). He returned to C.D. Vida in 2013, then went back to Marathón for the Liga Nacional's closing season.

On 10 February 2016, Norales signed for the newly formed NASL team Rayo OKC.^[1]

International career[edit]

He was part of the Honduran U-20 team at the 2005 World Youth Championship in the Netherlands.

He made his senior debut for the national side in an April 2007 friendly match against Haiti and has, as of January 2013, earned a total of 29 caps, scoring 2 goals. He has represented his country in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches^[2] and played at the 2009,^[3] and 2011 UNCAF Nations Cups^[4] as well as at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.^[5]

On 20 March 2008 Norales converted the final penalty kick in the semi-finals of the 2008 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying tournament, to guarantee qualification to the 2008 Olympic Games for Honduras. He would eventually play two matches at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

International goals[edit]

Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first.

N.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	28 June 2009	WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, United States	Panama	2–0	2–0	friendly match
2.	7 September 2010	Stade Saputo, Montreal, Canada	Canada	1–1	1–2	friendly match

References[edit]

^ "RAYO OKC SIGNS ERICK NORALES AND JARAD VAN SCHAIK". rayookc.com. Rayo OKC. 10 February 2016. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
^ Erick Norales – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2009 - Details Archived 5 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
^ UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2011 - Details^{[dead link]} - RSSSF
^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2009 - Full Details Archived 26 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF

External links[edit]

Erick Norales at National-Football-Teams.com
Erick Norales at ESPN FC
Erick Norales at Soccerway

[1] "RAYO OKC SIGNS ERICK NORALES AND JARAD VAN SCHAIK". rayookc.com. Rayo OKC. 10 February 2016. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.

[2] Erick Norales – FIFA competition record (archived)

[3] Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2009 - Details Archived 5 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF

[4] UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2011 - Details^{[dead link]} - RSSSF

[5] CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2009 - Full Details Archived 26 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF

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