Álvaro Rodolfo Hurtarte Aguilar (born 24 December 1981) is a

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who plays for local club

Deportivo Xinabajul Deportivo Xinabajul is a Guatemalan professional football club based in Huehuetenango, Guatemala. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football. Founded in 1980, they competed in the '' Liga Nacional'', the top division ...

in the Guatemala's top division.

Club career

Hurtarte started his professional career at hometown club

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and has played for Marquense and Petapa as well before joining Xinabajul in 2009.

International career

He made his debut for

in a June 2004

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match against

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, coming on as a late substitute for

Guillermo Ramírez Guillermo ''"El Pando"'' Ramírez Ortega (born 26 March 1978 in Livingston, Guatemala) is a Guatemalan former soccer player who was suspended for life from any soccer related activities due to his participation in money laundering and fixing ga ...

.Record at FIFA Tournaments
- FIFA He did not win any more caps since.

External links

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Profile at Todo Por El Fútbol

References

1981 births Living people People from Sacatepéquez Department Guatemalan men's footballers Guatemala men's international footballers Deportivo Marquense players Antigua GFC players Men's association football midfielders Deportivo Petapa players {{Guatemala-footy-bio-stub