Manuel Esteban Mosquera García[a] (born 14 October 1984) is a football striker who currently plays in Panama for Río Abajo.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Manuel Esteban Mosquera García | ||
| Date of birth | 14 October 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Yaviza, Panama | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Río Abajo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005 | Atlético Veragüense | 39 | (19) |
| 2006–2007 | Árabe Unido | 45 | (23) |
| 2007 | Academia | 22 | (11) |
| 2008 | Árabe Unido | 40 | (24) |
| 2009 | Itagüí Ditaires | 22 | (9) |
| 2009–2010 | Árabe Unido | 18 | (6) |
| 2011–2012 | Atlético Veragüense | 16 | (2) |
| 2012 | Plaza Amador | 14 | (1) |
| 2013 | Victoria | 13 | (2) |
| 2014– | Río Abajo | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009–2012 | Panama | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 July 2006 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 July 2006 | |||
Club career edit
Mosquera played for Atlético Veragüense and Árabe Unido and had spells in Colombia with second division teams Academia and Itagüí Ditaires.[1] He joined Plaza Amador for the 2012 Apertura season[2] and moved abroad again in January 2013 to play for Honduran side Victoria.[3] In April 2013 he got severely injured after a charge of Atlético Choloma defender Johnny Barrios, fracturing his tibia and fibula.[4] He was sidelined for months and Barrios received a 5-match penalty.[5]
International career edit
Mosquera made his debut for Panama in a January 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Costa Rica and has earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. He represented his country at the 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup in Honduras[7] where Panama were champions.
His final international was a January 2012 friendly match against the United States.
Honors edit
Club edit
National Teams edit
- UNCAF Nations Cup Champions (1): 2009
Notes edit
- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mosquera and the second or maternal family name is García.
References edit
- ^ Henríquez y Mosquera se van al fútbol cafetero – Crítica (in Spanish)
- ^ Plaza Amador presenta su equipo para el Apertura 2012 – PanamaFutbol (in Spanish)
- ^ “Soy el nuevo Dely Valdez”: Manuel Mosquera jugador del Victoria – Honduras Futbol (in Spanish)
- ^ Panameño Mosquera pide castigo para Barrios por fracturarlo – El Heraldo (in Spanish)
- ^ Manuel Mosquera: “No sé cómo hacer para comer” – La Prensa (in Spanish)
- ^ Río Abajo renueva a Parra y trae refuerzos – PanamaFutbol (in Spanish)
- ^ UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2009 – Details Archived 5 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine – RSSSF
External links edit
- Manuel Mosquera at National-Football-Teams.com
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