Danilo Galindo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Danilo Arturo Galindo | ||
| Date of birth | 4 March 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | La Ceiba, Honduras | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1986 | Platense | ||
| 1986–1987 | Vida | ||
| 1987–1992 | Olimpia | ||
| 1992–1993 | León de Huánuco | ||
| 1994 | Herediano | (0) | |
| 1994–1995 | Ciclista Lima | ||
| 1995–1997 | Olimpia | ||
| 1997–1998 | Palestino | ||
| International career | |||
| 1985–1991 | Honduras | 9 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Danilo Arturo Galindo (born 4 March 1963) is a retired Honduran football player who played for the national team in the 1980s and 90s.
Club career
[edit]Nicknamed Pollo (Chicken), Galindo played for Honduran sides Platense, Vida, Olimpia and Palestino as well as in Peru for León de Huánuco and Ciclista Lima.[1] He also played alongside compatriot Nicolás Suazo at Herediano in Costa Rica,[2] he did not score a goal for the club.[3] He played with Nahúm Espinoza, Alex Pineda Chacón, Belarmino Rivera, Juan Carlos Espinoza and Eugenio Dolmo Flores in the Olimpia and they won the CONCACAF Champions League in 1988.[4]
International career
[edit]Galindo made his debut for Honduras in a September 1985 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Canada and has earned a total of 9 caps,[5] scoring no goals. He has represented his country in only that one FIFA World Cup qualification match[6] and played at the 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup.[7]
His final international was a May 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Guatemala.
Retirement
[edit]Galindo moved to the United States in 2000 to find a job as a painter in Boca Raton.
Personal life
[edit]Pollo is son of Asunción and Mercedes Galindo and he is married to Ángela Jiménez de Galindo. He has 2 daughters Ingrid Daniella and Ana Maria and 1 son Danilo Armando Galindo .
Honours and awards
[edit]Club
[edit]- C.D. Olimpia
- Liga Profesional de Honduras (4):1986–87 1987–88, 1989–90, 1995–96
- CONCACAF Champions League (1): 1988
References
[edit]- ^ Desafíe a Ismael - La Prensa (in Spanish)
- ^ Costa Rica como destino - Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Con Saúl Martínez llegan a 20 los hondureños en futbol tico - Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ [1] (in Spanish)
- ^ Desafíe a Ismael Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa (in Spanish)
- ^ Danilo Galindo – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ UNCAF Tournament 1991 - RSSSF
External links
[edit]- El Mitch cambió la vida del Pollo Galindo (Profile) Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine - Diez (in Spanish)
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Footballers from La Ceiba
- Men's association football defenders
- Honduran men's footballers
- Honduras men's international footballers
- Platense F.C. players
- C.D.S. Vida players
- C.D. Olimpia players
- C.S. Herediano footballers
- León de Huánuco footballers
- Ciclista Lima Association footballers
- Honduran expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Costa Rica
- Expatriate men's footballers in Peru
- Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players