Wesly Decas

Wesly Decas
Personal information
Full name Wesly Roberto Decas[1]
Date of birth (1999-08-11) 11 August 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Cortés, Honduras
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left-back, centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Hapoel Ra'anana
Youth career
UNAH
Motagua
Atlético Independiente
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 FC Moravia 0 (0)
2017–2018 → Juárez (loan) 1 (0)
2018 → Nacional (loan) 2 (0)
2019 → Atlanta United 2 (loan) 24 (1)
2020–2024 Motagua 134 (1)
2024– Hapoel Ra'anana 0 (0)
International career‡
2015 Honduras U17 2 (0)
2017–2019 Honduras U20 18 (0)
2021 Honduras U23 8 (0)
2022– Honduras 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 June 2024 (UTC)

Wesly Roberto Decas (born 11 August 1999) is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a defender for Hapoel Ra'anana.

Club career

Motagua Reserves, Atletico Independiente, and club trials

Decas started his career by signing with F.C. Motagua. He played for the reserve team until he was signed by Atlético Independiente. Impressing internationally with the U-20's at the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship and the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, he was offered trials with English Premier League team Liverpool F.C. and Dutch Eredivisie team PSV Eindhoven.[citation needed]

FC Juárez

On 29 August 2017, Decas signed with Mexican team FC Juárez in the Ascenso MX on a season long loan.[2] He made his debut on 10 January 2018 in a 3–1 win against Lobos BUAP in the Copa MX.

C.D. Nacional

On 22 July 2018, Portuguese Primeira Liga team C.D. Nacional announced the signing of Decas on a two–year loan.[3] Decas made his debut in a 2–1 against Vitória Setúbal on 26 August 2018.[4] He played alongside fellow countryman Bryan Róchez and was even invited by Róchez to meet his family.[5] On 24 January 2019, Decas terminated his contract with Nacional saying, "I left because I wasn't playing and that affected me."[6]

Atlanta United 2

On 15 February 2019, Atlanta United 2 announced the loan signing of Decas for the 2019 season, with an option to buy.[7] He made his debut coming on as a substitute for Florentin Pogba in a 2–0 away loss to Saint Louis FC.

References

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Honduras" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. ^ ¡Sopresa! Wesly Decas es presentado por FC Juárez de la Segunda de México (Surprise! Wesly Decas is presented by FC Juárez of the second division of Mexico); Diez. 29 August 2017 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Nacional de Portugal presenta al hondureño Wesly Decas (Nacional of Portugal presents Honduran Wesly Decas); Diez. 22 July 2018 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Hondureño Wesly Decas debuta con el Nacional de Portugal (Honduran Wesly Decas debuts for Nacional of Portugal); El Heraldo. 26 August 2018. (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Wesly Decas sobre Bryan Róchez: "Hemos jugado playstation juntos" (Wesly Decas on Bryan Róchez: "We've played on Playstation together") Diez. 2 August 2018
  6. ^ El hondureño Wesly Decas rescinde contrato con el Nacional de Portugal (The Honduran Wesly Decas terminates contract with Nacional of Portugal); Diez. 24 January 2019 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Atlanta United 2 signs Wesly Decas on loan; 15 February 2019