Erick Zenón Norales Casildo (; born 11 February 1985) is a Honduran

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defender who plays for Platense.

Club career

Norales began his professional career with C.D.S. Vida in 2002, making eighty league appearances and scoring seven goals. From 2006 to 2011 he appeared in 118 league matches for

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, winning three straight Apertura season titles (2007–2008, 2008–2009, and 2009–2010). He returned to C.D. Vida in 2013, then went back to Marathón for the Liga Nacional's closing season. On 10 February 2016, Norales signed for the newly formed NASL team

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International career

He was part of the Honduran U-20 team at the 2005 World Youth Championship in the

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. He made his senior debut for the national side in an April 2007

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against

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and has, as of January 2013, earned a total of 29 caps, scoring 2 goals. 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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.CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2009 - Full Details
- RSSSF On 20 March 2008 Norales converted the final

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in the semi finals of the 2008

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Olympic Qualifying tournament, to guarantee qualification to the 2008 Olympic Games for

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. He would eventually play two matches at the

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first.''

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Norales, Erick 1985 births Living people People from La Ceiba Association football defenders Honduran footballers Honduras international footballers Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Honduras 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup players 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2011 Copa Centroamericana players 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2014 Copa Centroamericana players C.D.S. Vida players C.D. Marathón players Hunan Billows players China League One players Indy Eleven players Rayo OKC players Honduran expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in China Honduran expatriate sportspeople in China Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players North American Soccer League players Copa Centroamericana-winning players