Gilberto Jerónimo Yearwood (born 15 March 1956) is a Honduran former
football
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player who currently is an Assistant coach of the
El Salvador national football team
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In 1899, two teams from Santa Ana and San S ...
. He is by many regarded as one of Honduras' best players of all time.
Club career
Nicknamed ''el Vikingo'' (The Viking), Yearwood has played mostly in defensive midfield and started his career at
Real C.D. España in his native country. In 1977, he moved abroad to play in Spain and spent 10 season playing for
Elche CF
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,
Real Valladolid
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The club c ...
,
CD Tenerife
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and
Celta de Vigo
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. He finished his career as a
central defender
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either ...
back in Honduras with
C.D. Olimpia,
F.C. Motagua
Club de Fútbol Motagua (), formerly Club Deportivo Motagua up to 2017, is an association football club, located in Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras.
F.C. Motagua was founded as ''Club Deportivo Motagua'' on 29 August 1928. The club competes ...
and
C.D. Marathón. His final league match was on 8 May 1994, when he played with Olimpia against
Vida.
He scored 20 goals in
Liga Nacional: 10 with Real España, 6 with Motagua and 4 for Olimpia.
International career
Yearwood played and scored at the
1977 FIFA World Youth Championship
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, the inaugural staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship held in
Tunisia
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. He made his senior debut for
Honduras
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in a June
1982 FIFA World Cup
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match against
Spain
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, which was his country's first ever World Cup match, and has earned a total of at least 46 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country in 21
FIFA World Cup qualification
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matches and played at the
1991
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and
1993 UNCAF Nations Cups as well as at the
1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup
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.
His final international was a May 1993
FIFA World Cup qualification
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match against
Mexico
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.
International goals
:''Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first.''
Managerial career
As a coach, he has been in charge of Motagua winning his first title, Olimpia,
Broncos (with whom he got relegated),
Real Maya, Real España and Atlético Olanchano in Honduras as well as Dragón in
El Salvador
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.
He was announced manager of
C.D. Marathón in March 2006, later he was sacked by
Atlético Olanchano in November 2007 and in 2008 he moved abroad again to take charge of
Xinabajul in Guatemala.
He left Xinabajul in September 2010 and became in charge of
USAC, with whom he clinched promotion to Guatemala's top tier. In October 2012 he joined Guatemalan second division side
Sacachispas after being dismissed by USAC.
Gilberto ya encontró trabajo
– La Tribuna
Honours and awards
Club
;C.D. Real Espana
*Liga Profesional de Honduras
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Sports
* Liga ACB, men's professional basketball league in Spain
* Liga ...
(2): 1975–76, 1976–77
;C.D. Olimpia
*Liga Profesional de Honduras
Liga or LIGA may refer to:
People
* Līga (name), a Latvian female given name
* Luciano Ligabue, more commonly known as Ligabue or ''Liga'', Italian rock singer-songwriter
Sports
* Liga ACB, men's professional basketball league in Spain
* Liga ...
(1): 1992–93
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Country
;Honduras
* Copa Centroamericana (1): 1993
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References
External links
La Liga statistics
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1956 births
Living people
People from Cortés Department
Association football midfielders
Honduran footballers
Honduras international footballers
Real C.D. España players
Elche CF players
Real Valladolid players
CD Tenerife players
RC Celta de Vigo players
C.D. Olimpia players
F.C. Motagua players
C.D. Marathón players
La Liga players
Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players
Honduran football managers
Honduran expatriate football managers
F.C. Motagua managers
C.D. Marathón managers
Real C.D. España managers
Universidad SC managers
1982 FIFA World Cup players
1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
Honduran expatriate footballers
Honduran expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate football managers in Guatemala
Honduran expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala