Donis Escober

Donis Escober
Personal information
Full name Donis Salatiel Escober Izaguirre[1]
Date of birth (1981-02-03) 3 February 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth San Ignacio, Honduras
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Juventud Olimpíca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2019 Olimpia 222 (0)
International career‡
2002–2019 Honduras 63 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 July 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 November 2017
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Escober and the second or maternal family name is Izaguirre.

Donis Salatiel Escober Izaguirre (born 3 February 1981) is a Honduran retired football goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in San Ignacio, Escober started at Olimpia's youth side Juventud Olímpica[2] and has played his entire professional career for Olimpia.

In March 2012, Escober was on the verge of breaking Motagua's Nicaraguan goalkeeper Róger Mayorga's 36 years old-record of 838 minutes without conceding a goal in the Honduran league.[3] He did not make it in the end, after being beaten by a Marathón goal that left Escober only 35 minutes short of Mayorga's record.[4] After the 2018–19 Liga Nacional de Honduras came to an end, Escober announced that he would not continue with Olimpia and that he would retire from football.[5]

International career

Escober made his debut for Honduras in a May 2002 friendly match against Japan and has, as of January 2013, earned a total of 17 caps. He has represented his country in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[6] and played at the 2003[7] and 2007 UNCAF Nations Cups[8] as well as at the 2009[9] and was a non-playing squad member at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup[10] and the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He played in the 2018 CONCACAF-AFC playoff against Australia in both legs, but failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup with Honduras.[11]

He has been an understudy to Noel Valladares for most of his international career.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2014. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  2. ^ La tierra que cosechó a Donis Escober - El Heraldo (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Quieren batir récord de Mayorga en Honduras Archived April 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine - Pinolero Sports
  4. ^ Estuvo cerca - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Confirmado: Escober no seguirá en Olimpia y se retira del fútbol; La Tribuna. (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Donis Escober – FIFA competition record (archived)
  7. ^ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2003 - Details Archived 2009-04-26 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  8. ^ UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2007 - Details Archived October 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  9. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2009 - Full Details Archived July 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  10. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2011 - Full Details Archived March 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  11. ^ Australia beat Honduras 3-1 to reach World Cup 2018 – as it happened; The Guardian