Miguel Ángel Matamoros

Miguel Ángel Matamoros
Personal information
Full name Miguel Ángel Matamoros Morales
Date of birth (1949-05-10) 10 May 1949
Place of birth Amapala, Valle, Honduras
Position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1973 Olimpia
1974–1977 Mallorca 36 (0)
International career
1969–1973 Honduras 3 (0)
1972 CONCACAF 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Miguel Ángel Matamoros Morales (born 10 May 1949) is a retired Honduran footballer. Nicknamed "Shinola", he played for Olimpia within the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras and for Mallorca within the Tercera División de España throughout the 1970s. He also represented Honduras for the 1971 and 1973 CONCACAF Championships.

Club career

Matamoros made his debut during the 1966–67 Honduran Liga Nacional for Olimpia, being part of the winning squad that helped the club earn their 1st ever title with this being repeated in the very following 1967–69 Honduran Liga Nacional. This rate of success would continue into the early 1970s as the club would win the 1969–70 and 1970–71 Honduran Liga Nacional as well as winning the 1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. In 1974, Matamoros was sought by Spanish side Mallorca to play for the upcoming 1974–75 Segunda División. Despite the club signing various foreign players in an attempt to escape their near relegation in the last season, ultimately found themselves relegated.[1] Beginning in the 1975–76 Tercera División, Matamoros played for the following two seasons until retiring in 1977 with 36 appearances.[2][3]

International career

Matamoros was first called up to represent Honduras for the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, notably participating in the games against El Salvador that would culminate in the Football War.[4] He was then called up to represent Honduras as the delegations captain for the 1971 CONCACAF Championship.[5] He made his final international appearances during the following 1973 CONCACAF Championship. He also represented a united CONCACAF team for the Brazil Independence Cup that primarily consisted of both Honduran and Haitian footballers.[6]

Personal life

Following his retirement, Matamoros chose to stay in the city of Mallorca, starting his own family there and occasionally visiting his home country of Honduras.[7]

References

  1. ↑ López Lutz, Elmer (23 December 2020). "Los campeonatos de CONCACAF ganados por Olimpia". Club Deportivo Olimpia (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  2. ↑ Vidal, Alejandro (28 June 2009). "Matamoros, mallorquín de por vida". Diario de Mallorca. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Hondureños que han jugado en el fútbol español". Diario Diez (in European Spanish). 9 July 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "Homenaje a "Shinola" Matamoros". Diario Más (in Spanish). 31 July 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  5. ↑ Mendoza, Eduardo; Lugo, Erik Francisco; ANCCIF (4 November 2021). "V COPA DE NACIONES CONCACAF 1971 (NORCECA) - Match Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
  6. ↑ Pérez Pérez, Eliézer Sebastián (2007). "Brazil Independence Cup 1972 - Additional Details". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "Miguel Ángel Matamoros vive con su familia en Palma de Mallorca". Deporte Balear (in European Spanish). 21 June 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
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