- Edgar Estrada
Edgar Eladio Estrada Solís (born
November 16 ,1967 ), popularly known as "El Gato" (the cat) is aGuatemalan footballer who has played goalkeeper for several clubs in Guatemala's top division. He was capped 80 times for theGuatemala national football team .Club career
"El Gato" started his professional career at
Aurora FC , winning the domestic league title in the 1992-93 season. He would remain http://prensalibre.com/pl/2008/marzo/28/228646.html] which he joined in 2007.Estrada has was the leading goalkeeper in terms of
goals against average in 11 consecutive league tournaments. [es icon cite web |url=http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/2003/diciembre/02/74704.html | author=Recinos, Eddy | publisher="Prensa Libre "| title="Edgar Estrada con once títulos al hilo"| accessdate=2006-12-20]National team
Estrada defended the Guatemala national team between 1995 and 2003, appearing in 80 international matches and becoming the most capped player ever for the country, until
Juan Carlos Plata surpassed his mark in 2005. Estrada participated in the qualification processes for the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, receiving 25 goals in 20 matches.In January 2001, after allowing 5 goals in a defeat against Costa Rica, which eliminated Guatemala from the 2002 World Cup qualifying campaign, he was highly criticised, to the extent of receiving
death threat s. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2002/1105774.stm | author="BBC News " | publisher=BBC | title="Goalkeeper receives death threat"| accessdate=2006-12-20] He would not play any other official international matches that year. He appeared in three more official matches for Guatemala, before retiring from the national team in 2003.Estrada played in three editions of the
UNCAF Nations Cup and in five editions of theCONCACAF Gold Cup .References
External links
* [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/estrada-intl.html Edgar Estrada - International Appearances] - by Luis Fernando Passo Alpuin,
RSSSF .
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