Armando Collado

Armando Collado

Personal information
Full name	Armando José Collado Lanuza
Date of birth	(1985-11-17) November 17, 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
2001	Parmalat "B"
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2005	Parmalat
2005–2006	América Managua
2006–2007	Once Municipal
2007–2008	Nejapa	6	(0)
2008–2009	Real Estelí
2009	Alianza
2010	Real Estelí
International career^‡
2008–2009	Nicaragua	9	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 6, 2009

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Collado and the second or maternal family name is Lanuza.

Armando José Collado Lanuza (born November 17, 1985) is a Salvadoran-born Nicaraguan footballer.

Club career

Collado started his career at Parmalat and played for América Managua before returning to El Salvador and joining Once Municipal. He also had a spell at Nejapa then joined Nicaraguan side Real Estelí in summer 2008.^[1]

He moved back to El Salvador in summer 2009 to play for Alianza and be reunited with manager Nelson Ancheta.^[2] In January 2010 he went back to Estelí again to help them regain the Nicaraguan league title.^[3]

Lifetime suspension

In January 2011, the Nicaraguan FA (FENIFUT) suspended Collado from playing football pending an investigation relating him to Wilson Raj Perumal and he was subsequently accused of trying to fix matches in the CONCACAF Champions League in the 2009–10 and 2010-11 seasons.^[4]

On October 16, 2012, Collado was given a lifetime ban from all football-related activities by FIFA, in relation to match fixing in a game between Nicaragua and Guatemala on 4 September 2010.^[5]

International career

Collado made his debut for Nicaragua in a February 2008 FIFA World Cup qualification match against the Netherlands Antilles and has earned a total of 9 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches^[6] and played at the 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup^[7] as well as at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.^[8]

His final international was a July 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against Panama.

References

1. Collado al Estelí Archived December 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine - El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish)
2. Collado con el Alianza - El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish)
3. Collado vuelve al Real Estelí - El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish)
4. FIFA confirma suspensión a Armando Collado Archived 2017-04-26 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish)
5. FIFA extends lifetime ban of Nicaraguan player
6. Armando Collado – FIFA competition record (archived)
7. UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2009 - Details Archived November 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
8. CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2009 - Full Details Archived July 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF

External links

• Armando Collado at National-Football-Teams.com
• Armando Collado, la conexión en arreglo de partidos - El Gráfico (in Spanish)