Honduras

Confederation: CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach: Reinaldo Rueda
Captain: Amado Guevara
Group: H



Some people may ask "Honduras, who are they?" and "who plays for them?" well, the Hondurans are a team that are on the rise. Located in Central America and home to 8M people, the country of Honduras is taking part in their second World Cup finals. Having finished in 3rd place in the CONCACAF qualifiers, they achieved automatic qualification. "Los Catrachos" were drawn in group H along with strong favourites Spain. Most capped player, Amado Guevara will captain the side, the playmaker has played for his country 133 times, scoring 29 times.

English Premier League fans will know of Wilson Palacios and Maynor Figueroa. Palacios, a combative midfielder has come leaps and bounds since moving to England. Consistently good perfomances for Tottenham Hotspur, has seen his name linked with Spanish giants Real Madrid. It will be interesting to see how he copes on the World stage. Wigan left back Maynor Figueroa is another who will hope to impress. Speculation around his future, never seems to go away, a few good displays this summer may get him a big money move. Hendry Thomas, who also plays for Wigan, will most likely partner Palicios in central midfield.

Powerful striker David Suazo, will have the job to get the goals, the Internazionale man has netted 16 times in 50 caps. In order to reach the second round, Honduras will need to see off fellow Hispanics, Chile and Switzerland. Head coach, Reinaldo Rueda has chosen his squad and decided against picking experienced striker Carlos Costly, who is recovering from an injury.



Squad(23):

Goalkeepers: Ricardo Canales (Motagua), Noel Valladares (Olimpia), Donis Escober (Olimpia)

Defenders: Victor Bernardez (Anderlecht), Maynor Figueroa (Wigan), Boniek Garcia (Olimpia), Sergio Mendoza (Motagua), Emilio Izaguirre (Motagua), Johnny Palacios (Olimpia), Mauricio Sabillon (Hangzhou Luchen), Osman Chavez (Platense)

Midfielders: Edgar Alvarez (Bari), Julio Cesar de Leon (Torino), Roger Espinoza (Kansas City), Amado Guevara (Motagua), Ramon Nunez (Olimpia), Wilson Palacios (Tottenham), Hendry Thomas (Wigan), Danilo Turcios (Olimpia)

Forwards: David Suazo (Genoa), Georgie Welcome (Motagua), Carlos Pavon (Real Espana), Walter Martinez (Marathon)


Ant Myers