Donis Salatiel Escober Izaguirre (born 3 February 1981) is a Honduran retired

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goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in

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, Escober started at Olimpia's youth side Juventud Olímpica and has played his entire professional career for Olimpia. In March 2012, Escober was on the verge of breaking

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's Nicaraguan goalkeeper Róger Mayorga's 36 years old-record of 838 minutes without conceding a goal in the Honduran league. He did not make it in the end, after being beaten by a Marathón goal that left Escober only 35 minutes short of Mayorga's record. After the

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came to an end, Escober announced that he would not continue with Olimpia and that he would retire from football.

International career

Escober made his debut for

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in a May 2002 friendly match against

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and has, as of January 2013, earned a total of 17 caps. He has represented his country in 2

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matches and played at the

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and

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s as well as at the

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and was a non-playing squad member at the

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and the

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in South Africa. He played in the 2018 CONCACAF-AFC playoff against

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in both legs, but failed to qualify for the

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with Honduras.Australia beat Honduras 3-1 to reach World Cup 2018 – as it happened
'' The Guardian'' He has been an understudy to Noel Valladares for most of his international career.

References

External links

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World Cup profile
- FIFA {{DEFAULTSORT:Escober, Donis 1981 births Living people People from Francisco Morazán Department Men's association football goalkeepers Honduran men's footballers Honduras men's international footballers 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2010 FIFA World Cup players 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2014 FIFA World Cup players 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup players C.D. Olimpia players Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players