Luis Enrique Cálix Acosta (born 30 August 1965) is a retired Honduran

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player who made his name with his

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in the early 1990s.

Club career

Nicknamed ''El Gavilán'' (the Hawk), the moustached Cálix started his career at hometown club Tela Timsa and also played for

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, Marathón and had an unsuccessful spell in Mexico with

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. His final league game was on 10 July 1999 when he played for

against Olimpia.

International career

Cálix made his debut for

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in the late 1980s and has earned a total of 47 caps, scoring 9 goals. He has represented his country in 14

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matches and played at the

1993 UNCAF Nations Cup The 1993 UNCAF Nations Cup was the second edition of the UNCAF Nations Cup, the football championship of Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol (UNCAF). Preliminary round Squads :For a complete list of all participating squads see '' 1993 UNCAF N ...

, as well as at the

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and

1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the second edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). The format of the tournament stayed the same as in 1991: eight teams were broken up into ...

s. His final international was a June 8, 1994 2-8 demolition by soon to be crowned-World Cup winners

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in which he scored one of Honduras' consolation goals.

International goals

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

Managerial career

After he quit playing at 33 years of age, Cálix moved to the United States to work in construction and to become a minor league coach at Kendall Soccer College and Miami FC. He became in charge of Honduran Second Division side

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ahead of the 2013 Clausura and winning promotion to the top tier.

Personal life

His son Luis Calix played for

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and joined his father at Parrillas One.“Gavilanes” que vuelan juntos…
''La Tribuna''

Honours and awards

Club

;C.D. Real Espana *

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(2): 1988–89, 1990–91 ;C.D. Marathón *

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: (1):

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Country

;Honduras *

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(1):

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References

External links

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Un gavilán catracho y su cría triunfan en el fútbol estadounidense (interview about his life in Florida)
''Hondudiario'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Calix, Luis 1965 births Living people People from Tela Men's association football midfielders Honduran men's footballers Honduras men's international footballers 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Real C.D. España players Santos Laguna footballers C.D. Marathón players Honduran expatriate men's footballers Honduran expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players Liga MX players Honduran football managers