Iván Guerrero

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Iván Guerrero

Personal information
Full name	Mario Iván Guerrero Ramírez
Date of birth	November 30, 1977 (1977-11-30) (age 33)
Place of birth	Catacamas, Honduras
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Motagua
Number	12
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1996–2000	Motagua
2000–2002	Coventry City	7	(0)
2002–2004	Motagua
2004–2005	Peñarol	21	(1)
2005–2007	Chicago Fire	74	(3)
2008	San Jose Earthquakes	14	(1)
2008	D.C. United	13	(0)
2009	Colorado Rapids	0	(0)
2009–	Motagua	87	(1)
National team‡
1999–2010	Honduras	85	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2010

Iván Guerrero (born November 30, 1977 in Catacamas) is a Honduran footballer.

Career

Club

Guerrero began his career with Motagua in Honduras, playing with the team from 1996 until transferring overseas in 2000. He moved to the English Premiership to play for Coventry City along with compatriot Jairo Martínez. He came back to Motagua in 2002 and then moved to Peñarol in Uruguay in 2004, before his move to the Chicago Fire. He served as Chicago's lone representative in the 2005 MLS All-Star Game; and won the Fire's 2005 Fire/Honda MVP and Fire Defender of the Year awards.^[1]

On November 21, 2007 he was selected by the San Jose Earthquakes in the 2007 MLS Expansion Draft.^[2] He was later traded to D.C. United on July 31, 2008 in exchange for a partial allocation. He made his D.C. United debut on August 2, 2008 as a starting left midfielder in a 2-0 win against Kansas City Wizards.

After being traded in the pre-season to Colorado Rapids, as part of the deal taking Christian Gomez back to D.C. United, Guerrero was waived on June 17, 2009.

International

Guerrero has been an important player on the Honduran national team, playing during the 2006 World Cup Qualifiers. He was a member of the national squad who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.^[3]

Guerrero is a permanent resident of the United States.

Honors

D.C. United

• Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (1): 2008

References

1. ^ Arroyave, Luis (2008-12). "Fire ax wounded Guerrero". Chicago Tribune. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/1460794051.html?dids=1460794051:1460794051&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+12%2C+2008&author=Luis+Arroyave&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Fire+ax+wounded+Guerrero&pqatl=google. 
2. ^ Ziehm, Len (2008-04-11). "'New' Earthquakes on tap for Fire". Chicago Sun-Times. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=11FFCBC5D2EA7010&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. 
3. ^ "Iván Guerrero Biography and Statistics". Sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/ivan-guerrero-1.html. Retrieved 2010-05-27. 

External links

• Iván Guerrero – FIFA competition record

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Name	Guerrero, Ivan
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Date of birth	November 30, 1977
Place of birth	Catacamas, Honduras
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