Cristopher Meléndez
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| Full name | Cristopher Aarón Meléndez Suazo | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 25 November 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | La Ceiba, Honduras | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Motagua | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 35 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Motagua | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016– | Motagua | 188 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | → UPNFM (loan) | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Honduras U23 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Honduras | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 June 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 June 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
Cristopher Aarón Meléndez Suazo (born 25 November 1997) is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Liga Nacional club Motagua and the Honduras national team.[1][2][3]
International career
He made his debut for Honduras national football team on 12 November 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Panama.[4]
Honours
Honduras Youth
References
- ↑ Cristopher Meléndez at Soccerway
- ↑ Eric Goodman (7 July 2021). "Tokyo Olympics Men's Soccer Preview – Group B (South Korea, Honduras, New Zealand, Romania)". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ↑ "Cristopher Meléndez". Goal. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ↑ "Honduras v Panama game report". FIFA. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
Categories:
- Living people
- 1997 births
- Honduran men's footballers
- 21st-century Honduran sportsmen
- Honduras men's international footballers
- Footballers from La Ceiba
- Men's association football defenders
- Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players
- F.C. Motagua players
- Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Honduras
- Pan American Games silver medalists in football
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Honduras
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Footballers at the 2019 Pan American Games
- 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Honduran football biography stubs
