William Maldonado
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Antonio Maldonado López | ||
Date of birth | January 3, 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Santa Ana, El Salvador | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1997–1999 | Academia Cuscachapa | ||
2000–2005 | Promesas FAS[2] | ||
2005–2007 | Fundación La Chelona | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2008 | San Salvador FC | ||
2008–2011 | CD FAS | ||
2011–2017 | Santa Tecla FC[3][4][5] | ||
2017–2018 | CD FAS[6][7] | 49 | (7) |
2018–2019 | Jocoro FC | ||
2019–2020 | Sonsonate FC | ||
International career | |||
2006–2007 | El Salvador U17[1] | ||
2008 | El Salvador U20 | 5 | (2) |
2007– | El Salvador | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Antonio Maldonado López (born January 3, 1990) is a Salvadoran professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Club career
[edit]San Salvador FC
[edit]Maldonado's professional career began on July 3, 2007 when he signed a contract with now defunct Salvadoran national league club, San Salvador FC. He was one of six players from the El Salvador U17 national team, that would sign for San Salvador that season. The others were Ricardo Orellana, Diego Chavarría, Xavier García, Óscar Arroyo and Fabricio Alfaro.
He first gained the attention of league teams as a member of the 2006–2007 El Salvador U17 national team, where he showed a lot of potential, with his creative passing, speed and exceptional free kicks.
He made his professional debut on September 23, 2007, in a league match against Alianza, and scored his first goal on October 7 that same year in a match against FAS. His second goal came four months later on February 20 in a 2–2 away draw against Chalatenango.
Return to FAS
[edit]In May 2017, Maldonado signed again with FAS for the Apertura 2017. With FAS, Maldonado reached the semi-finals of the Apertura 2018, but they were defeated by Alianza.
In December 2018, FAS did not renew Maldonado's contract.
International career
[edit]Maldonado made his debut, aged only 17, for El Salvador in a November 2007 friendly match against Jamaica, coming on as a late sub for Shawn Martin. The match has been his only senior international so far.
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of March 19, 2017.
Club | Season | League | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
San Salvador | Apertura 2007 | 8 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
Clausura 2008 | 15 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
FAS | Apertura 2008 | 6 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
Clausura 2009 | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Career total | 30 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
Honours
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "CONCACAF 2007 Under-17 Tournament Recap". Issuu. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ http://archivo.elsalvador.com/noticias/2006/10/24/deportes/dep8.asp
- ^ "William Maldonado: "Tenemos que controlar los juegos"". 23 April 2017.
- ^ Macheteada, Culebrita. "William Maldonado: "Abreu nos contagió con su espíritu ganador" – Culebrita Macheteada – Futbol El Salvador".
- ^ Macheteada, Culebrita. "Maldonado, el campeón tecleño – Culebrita Macheteada – Futbol El Salvador".
- ^ "FAS anuncia la salida del jugador William Mancía". El Gráfico.
- ^ "A pesar de la victoria, FAS hace autocrítica de su juego". 4 February 2018.
- ^ Macheteada, Culebrita. "William Maldonado: "Santa Tecla me devolvió la esperanza" – Culebrita Macheteada – Futbol El Salvador".
- ^ "Lopetegui: "Espero seguir respirando después del clásico"". El Gráfico.
- ^ "Alianza derrotó al Santa Tecla en Las Delicias". Noticias de El Salvador - La Prensa Gráfica.
- ^ "El FAS golea en Ciudad Arce y avisa para el Clausura 2018". El Gráfico.
- ^ "FASISTA MALDONADO SE PERDERÁ DOS JUEGOS CON FAS POR LESIÓN". Noticias de El Salvador - La Prensa Gráfica.
- ^ "FAS, Águila y Sonsonate logran victorias en jornada 8 del Clausura 2018". El Gráfico.
- ^ "FAS realiza sus primeras incorporaciones para el Apertura". 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Santa Tecla suma una nueva baja para el Apertura 2018: se va William Canales". El Gráfico.
- ^ Macheteada, Culebrita. "William Maldonado no continuará con Santa Tecla – Culebrita Macheteada – Futbol El Salvador".
- ^ "Esta es la ocasión que perdonó William Maldonado". El Gráfico.
External links
[edit]- William Maldonado at Soccerway
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Santa Ana, El Salvador
- Men's association football midfielders
- Salvadoran men's footballers
- El Salvador men's international footballers
- San Salvador F.C. footballers
- C.D. FAS footballers
- Santa Tecla F.C. footballers
- 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- El Salvador men's under-20 international footballers
- El Salvador men's youth international footballers
- Salvadoran football biography stubs