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Rodolfo Zelaya
Personal information
Full name Rodolfo Antonio Zelaya García
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Second striker
Team information
Current team
 Alania Vladikavkaz
Number 31
Youth career
2001 C.D. Alacrán
2004 San Rafael
2004–2005 Atlético La Merced
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Intipucá 36 (27)
2008 Chalatenango 16 (8)
2008–2009 Alianza 27 (8)
2009 → León (loan) 10 (1)
2009–2010 León 0 (0)
2010 → Alianza (loan) 29 (14)
2011- Alianza 16 (13)
2011 → Alania Vladikavkaz 13 (3)
International career‡
2008– El Salvador 31 (13)
Medal record
Alianza F.C.
Winner Clausura 2011
Runner-up Apertura 2010
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:59, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of September 3, 2011

Template:Spanish name 2 Rodolfo Antonio Zelaya García (born July 3, 1988 in Usulután) is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for Alianza, and internationally for the El Salvador national team.

Club career

Zelaya started his career playing for C.D. San Rafael in 2004 where he played for one year. The following season, he moved to Atlético La Merced. In July 2006, both Zelaya and Rusvel Saravia were offered contracts to play for one of El Salvadors biggest clubs, C.D. Águila. Unfortunately for both Zelaya and Saravia, they could not come to terms with the club over their proposed salaries, and as a result, the transfer fell through. Zelaya then moved on to play in Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño with A.D. Intipucá. After 2 years with the club, Zelaya caught the attention of C.D. Chalatenango coach Vladan Vićević. After meeting with Vivevic, Zelaya was offered, and accepted a contract to play with his first Primera División club C.D. Chalatenango. Zelaya went on to impress in his first season with the club and grew a fan base with both spectators and reporters for being one of El Salvador's most promising young strikers.

In 2008, Zelaya moved to Alianza F.C. after former C.D. Chalatenango president Lisandro Pohl switched clubs. This switch lead to Pohl taking various players with him to Alianza F.C. whose rights he supposedly owned due to them being bought when he was president at C.D. Chalatenango.

On June 15, 2009, Zelaya was one of the three Salvadoran footballers signed to Mexican club Club León on a loan deal, the other two were Cristian Castillo and Julio Enrique Martínez.[1] On 3 December 2009, it was announced that Club León had permanently signed Zelaya along with the other two Salvadorans with a three-year contract. On 12 December 2009, it was confirmed by Alianza's own president, Lisandro Pohl, that Zelaya would return to Alianza on a loan deal.[2] Zelaya later played without a loan deal and participated at the Clausura 2011, where he was top goalscorer with 13 goals to his part. He also had the opportunity to reign champion and score 2 goals at the final to give his team the championship.[3] On 19 July 2011, Zelaya signed with Russian First Division club FC Alania Vladikavkaz on a loan transfer for six months. Alania may be able to redeem his transfer by January 2012.[4] On August 9, 2011, Zelaya debuted at the Russian league championship in a match against Torpedo Vladimir as a starter. [5]

International career

Zelaya officially received his first cap on April 23, 2008 in a friendly match against China.[6] He scored his first goal with the national team on September 6, 2008 in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Haiti. This game also saw him score his first hat-trick which lead El Salvador to a 5-0 win against the then Caribbean Nations Cup champions. At the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Zelaya received two trophies for the best player in the matches against Cuba and Panama.[7] Overall, Zelaya scored 4 goals being the second top goalscorer of the tournament. Zelaya was noted by Goal.com as being one of the Best XI of the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup — alongside Javier Hernández as forwards.[8] CONCACAF also noted "Fito" scoring the fifth best goal of the tournament, a decent feat considering 80 goals scored in the tournament.[9]

International caps and goals

El Salvador's goal tally first.

Honors

Club

Alianza

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Martínez, Zelaya y Castillo, hacia México". El Salvador.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ "Zelaya retorna al Alianza" (in Spanish). elgrafico.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Alianza campeón Clausura 2011" (in Spanish). elgrafico.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Родольфо Зелая стал игроком "Алании" (видео)" (in Russian). fc-alania.ru. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  5. ^ "Протокол матча «Алания» — «Торпедо» Владимир: Россия, Первенство России, ФНЛ 2011, Тур 20 — 1:0" (in Russian). Sportbox.ru. Retrieved 9 August 2011. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  6. ^ "International Friendly Matches 2008". RSSSF. Retrieved 2008-10-20. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ Flores, Gustavo. ""Fito" Zelaya, el arma letal de la Azul". elsalvador.com. Retrieved 12 June 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ Gubala, David. "Gold Cup Best XI: Mexico reigns supreme". goal.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  9. ^ CONCACAF
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