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Júnior Lacayo
Personal information
Full name Júnior Alberto Lacayo Rochez
Date of birth (1995-08-19) 19 August 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth La Ceiba, Honduras
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Marathón
Number 18
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Victoria 22 (9)
2013–2017 Santos Laguna II 0 (0)
2015–2016Victoria (loan) 15 (1)
2016–2017Tampico Madero (loan) 9 (0)
2017–2018 Marathón 37 (10)
2018–2020 Olimpia 45 (6)
2021–2022 Comunicaciones 41 (8)
2022 Real España 32 (7)
2023– Marathón 17 (0)
International career
2022– Honduras 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:52, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:01, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

Junior Alberto Lacayo Rochez (born 19 August 1995) is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a striker for Marathón and the Honduras national team

Club career

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Club Deportivo Victoria

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At the age of 16, Lacayo made his professional debut on 29 July 2012, against Motagua as a substitute for Rubén Licona.[1] He was regarded by some people as heir to legendary Honduran striker Milton Tyson Núñez.[2] In May 2013 Lacayo started a trial period with English Premier League side, West Ham United.[3] In total, Lacayo scored nine goals in 23 appearances for Victoria.[4]

International career

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At the age of 17, Lacayo was called up by Luis Fernando Suárez to play against Panama and Canada in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers but did not play either games.[5]

In 2013, Lacayo was called up again to play in the 2013 Copa Centroamericana[6] and in the Central American Games[7] but did not play either tournaments.

Lacayo was one of 20 players Honduras called up for the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[8]

Honours

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Comunicaciones

References

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  1. ^ "((Audio)) Héctor Vargas "El techo de Junior Lacayo es muy alto" | Fútbol de Honduras". 7 May 2013.
  2. ^ Júnior Lacayo, el heredero de Tyson que cumple un sueño Archived 28 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Dickinson, James (9 May 2013). "West Ham offer trial to Honduran starlet". Www.express.co.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Júnior Lacayo, cuarto jaibo en la liga mexicana" (in Spanish). Diario Deportivo Mas. 6 July 2013. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  5. ^ Honduras convoca a delantero de 16 años - EDH Deportes (in Spanish)
  6. ^ "Mitchel Brown y Júnior Lacayo, las sorpresas en Honduras". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  7. ^ "Selección hondureña es de oro". Archived from the original on 16 March 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  8. ^ "Honduras convocó 20 jugadores para encarar el premundial" (in Spanish). Diario Deportivo Mas. 27 December 2014.
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