Júnior Lacayo
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Júnior Alberto Lacayo Rochez | ||
Date of birth | 19 August 1995 | ||
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) |
2015–2016 | → Victoria (loan) | 15 | (1) |
2016–2017 | → Tampico 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
[edit]Club Deportivo Victoria
[edit]At the age of 16, Lacayo made his professional debut on July 29, 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
[edit]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
[edit]Comunicaciones
References
[edit]- ^ "((Audio)) Héctor Vargas "El techo de Junior Lacayo es muy alto" | Fútbol de Honduras". 7 May 2013.
- ^ Júnior Lacayo, el heredero de Tyson que cumple un sueño - La Prensa (in Spanish)
- ^ Dickinson, James (9 May 2013). "West Ham offer trial to Honduran starlet". Www.express.co.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Honduras convoca a delantero de 16 años - EDH Deportes (in Spanish)
- ^ "Mitchel Brown y Júnior Lacayo, las sorpresas en Honduras".
- ^ "Selección hondureña es de oro". Archived from the original on 2013-03-16. Retrieved 2013-07-05.
- ^ "Honduras convocó 20 jugadores para encarar el premundial" (in Spanish). Diario Deportivo Mas. 27 December 2014.
External links
[edit]- Júnior Lacayo at Soccerway
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Footballers from La Ceiba
- Men's association football forwards
- Honduran men's footballers
- Honduran expatriate men's footballers
- C.D. Victoria players
- Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- Central American Games gold medalists for Honduras
- Central American Games medalists in football
- Honduras men's international footballers
- Honduras men's under-20 international footballers
- Honduran football biography stubs