Norberto Huezo

Norberto Huezo

Personal information
Full name	José Norberto Huezo Montoya
Date of birth	June 6, 1956 (1956-06-06) (age 55)
Place of birth	San Salvador, El Salvador
Playing position	Playmaker
Youth career
1974	UES
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1975	ANTEL
1976–1977	Atlético Marte
1977–1978	Monterrey
1978–1981	Atlético Marte
1981–1982	Cartagena		(3)
1982–1983	Palencia	25	(2)
1983–1985	Valencia
1985–1986	Atlético Marte
1986–1988	Club Sport Herediano		(3)
1988–1990	Jalapa
1991–1992	Deportivo Escuintla
1992	Cojutepeque
1993	FAS
National team
1977–1989	El Salvador		(16)
Teams managed
2006–2008	El Salvador U-17
2008–	El Salvador U-20
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Huezo and the second or maternal family name is Montoya.

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.

Club career

Huezo started his career at UES and played for ANTEL before joining Atlético Marte in 1976. He then had a spell in Mexican football but returned to Marte only to try his luck abroad again when he moved to Spanish side Cartagena. He also played for Palencia and Valencia but returned to Marte again in 1985. He left after a year for Costa Rican outfit Herediano with whom he won a league title and then for Guatemalan side Jalapa. He finished his career at FAS.

International career

Nicknamed Pajarito (little bird), Huezo was one of the members that participated for the first time at the Pan American Games. It was the VII (7) Pan American Games hosted in Mexico. El Salvador participated in a group against Brazil, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. They debuted with a 4–1 score against Nicaragua on Oct. 14 with 3 goals from Huezo.^[1] Although they could not proceed to the next stage at third place in Group D.

He has represented his country in 22 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played in all three games at the 1982 World Cup Finals.^[2]

Huezo scored 16 goals for the El Salvador national football team from 1973 to 1987.^[3]

Honours

• Atlético Marte
  • Primera División de Fútbol Profesional (2): 1981, 1985
• Club Sport Herediano
  • Primera División de Costa Rica (1): 1987

References

1. ^ Garin, Erik (2008-11-27). "Panamerican Games 1975 (Mexico)". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/panam75.html. 
2. ^ Norberto Huezo – FIFA competition record
3. ^ Owsianki, Jarek (2004-04-18). "El Salvador - Record International Players". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/elsal-recintlp.html. 

External links

• La Prensa Profile

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Name	Huezo, Norberto
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Date of birth	6 June 1956
Place of birth	San Salvador, El Salvador
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