José Norberto Huezo Montoya (born 6 June 1956) is a retired football player from El Salvador who represented his country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.
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| Full name | José Norberto Huezo Montoya | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | June 6, 1956 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | San Salvador, El Salvador | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1974 | CD UES | ||||||||||||||||
| 1975 | ANTEL | ||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1977 | CD Atlético Marte | ||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1978 | Monterrey | ||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1982 | CD Atlético Marte | 23 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1982–1983 | Palencia CF | 61 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1983–1985 | Cartagena FC | ||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | CD Atlético Marte | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1988 | Herediano | (3) | |||||||||||||||
| 1988–1990 | Jalapa | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Deportivo Escuintla | ||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Cojutepeque FC | ||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | CD FAS | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1974–1987 | El Salvador[1] | 48 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | El Salvador U-17 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | El Salvador U-20 | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editHuezo started his career at UES and played for ANTEL before joining Atlético Marte in 1976. He then played in Mexico, but returned to Marte only to try his luck abroad again when he moved to Spanish side Palencia. He also played for Cartagena FC but returned to Marte again in 1985. He left after a year for Costa Rican outfit Herediano[2] with whom he won a league title and then for Guatemalan side Jalapa. He finished his career at FAS.
International career
editNicknamed Pajarito (little bird), Huezo participated in the 1975 Pan American Games hosted in Mexico. El Salvador competed in a group with Brazil, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. They debuted with a 4–1 win against Nicaragua on 14 October, with 3 goals from Huezo.[3] El Salvador eventually finished third in Group D.
Huezo represented his country in 22 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played in all three games at the 1982 World Cup Finals.[4]
Huezo scored 16 goals for the El Salvador national football team from 1973 to 1987.[5]
References
edit- ^ "El Salvador - Record International Players".
- ^ Eliseo Quintanilla, el primer cuzcatleco aquí en 20 años - Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Garin, Erik (2008-11-27). "Panamerican Games 1975 (Mexico)". RSSSF.
- ^ Norberto Huezo – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Owsianki, Jarek (2004-04-18). "El Salvador – Record International Players". RSSSF.