In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Maradiaga and the second or maternal family name is Chávez.
Ramón Enrique Maradiaga Chávez (born 30 October 1954) is a retired Honduranfootball player and manager.
Club career
Nicknamed Primitivo, Maradiaga has played as a midfielder amongst others for F.C. Motagua as well as Salvadoran giants Águila and Alianza. He also had half a season in Europe, playing 15 games in the Spanish Segunda División for Tenerife in 1984.[5] He scored 23 goals in total for Motagua, making him one of the most prolific midfielders in the club's history.[6]
He finished his career at Tela Timsa after the 1991–1992 season and took the reins at the club the next season, also changing their name to Petrotela.[7]
He resigned in October 2009 as coach of Real España[11] and in September 2011, he was dismissed as coach of Motagua,[12] with whom he won four league titles.[13] He was revealed as the new Marathón coach in January 2012[14] but was replaced by Manuel Keosseián in August 2012.[15]
In September 2012, Maradiaga was presented as the new manager of Guatemalan giants Municipal.[16]
El Salvador national team
In September 2015 he accepted the position of coach of the El Salvador national football team. On 6 September 2016, his team revealed that they had all been approached, and had turned down, an offer to ensure that their result against Canada saw Honduras progress to the next round for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification,[17] but Maradiaga was later fined 20,000 Swiss francs and banned from football for two years for not disclosing the approach.[18]
