César Obando

César Obando

Personal information
Full name	César Augusto Obando Villeda
Date of birth	(1969-10-26) 26 October 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1994	Motagua		(23)
1994	Universitario
1994–1996	UA Tamaulipas	11	(2)
1998	Victoria
	Vida
	Pumas UNAH
2000	Real España
2001–2002	Motagua
2002–2003	Cartaginés
International career
1991–2002	Honduras	33	(15)
Managerial career
2012	Necaxa (assistant)
2012	Pumas San Isidro
2013–	Motagua Reserves
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

César Augusto Obando Villeda, nicknamed El Nene, (born 26 October 1969) is a retired Honduran professional football player who is considered one of the best players ever in Honduras but a serious injury cut his career early.

Club career

The diminutive Obando played in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras for F.C. Motagua, C.D. Victoria and Real C.D. España.^[1] He also played abroad with Mexican outfit Correcaminos UAT, with fellow Honduran Eugenio Dolmo Flores at Peruvian side Universitario and in Costa Rica with Cartaginés.^[2] At Cartaginés, he played alongside compatriots Arnold Cruz and Christian Santamaría but was released in February 2003.^[3]

He played in the 1994 Copa Libertadores with Universitario, where the club were eliminated by Independiente Medellín in the knock-out stages.^[4] In 1992, he was named World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year by the IFFHS.^[5]

His last game as a professional player in the Honduran league was on 21 May 2002 with his team F.C. Motagua defeating C.D. Olimpia 2 - 1.^[6] He is known for his powerful right footed shot. He scored 23 league goals for Motagua.^[7]

International career

Obando made his debut for Honduras in a May 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Panama and has earned a total of 33 caps, scoring 15 goals. He has represented his country in 7 FIFA World Cup qualification matches^[8] and played at the 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup.

His final international was a March 2002 friendly match against the United States.

International goals

Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first.

N.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	30 June 1992	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Panama	4–0	4-0	Friendly match
2.	26 July 1992	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Guatemala	1–0	2-0	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.	12 August 1992	Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States	El Salvador	3–0	2-0	Friendly match
4.	13 September 1992	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	El Salvador	1–0	1–3	Friendly match
5.	22 September 1992	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Jamaica	1–1	5–1	Friendly match
6.	24 September 1992	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Jamaica	1–0	7–0	Friendly match
7.	24 September 1992	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Jamaica	3–0	7–0	Friendly match
8.	24 September 1992	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Jamaica	5–0	7–0	Friendly match
9.	8 November 1992	Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica (1924), San José, Costa Rica	Costa Rica	3–2	3-2	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
10.	28 November 1992	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2–0	4-0	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
11.	5 December 1992	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Costa Rica	2–0	2-1	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
12.	25 March 1993	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras	United States	3–1	4-1	Friendly match
13.	4 April 1993	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Canada	2–2	2–2	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
14.	17 November 1998	Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States	Guatemala	2–3	3–3	Hurricane Relief Tournament
15.	18 November 1998	Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States	El Salvador	1–0	2–1	Hurricane Relief Tournament

Managerial career

Obando was named Motagua's reserves coach in 2013.^[9]

He was then made coach of a bilingual school called International School of Tegucigalpa (IST) at the capital of Honduras.

References

1. "El "Nene" Obando aún hace la bicicleta" ["The Kid" Obando still makes bicycle kicks] (in Spanish). La Prensa. 26 October 2010. Archived from the original on 4 January 2012.
2. "Desafíe a Ismael" [Challenge Ismael] (in Spanish). La Prensa. 4 March 2010. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013.
3. Cartaginés rescinde contrato a hondureño César Obando - Nación (in Spanish)
4. "Los llevo en mi corazón" [I hold you in my heart] (in Spanish). El Heraldo. 4 September 2009. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013.
5. IFFHS' World's Best Goal Scorers of the Year 1997-2006 - RSSSF
6. Ismael responde Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa (in Spanish)
7. Goleadores Archived 2013-11-05 at the Wayback Machine - Ciclón
8. César Obando – FIFA competition record (archived)
9. César Obando: “He vuelto a casa” - El Heraldo (in Spanish)

External links

• César Obando at National-Football-Teams.com
• César Obando – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)