Luis Fernando Garrido (born 5 November 1990) is a Honduran professional

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who plays as a

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for Marathón.

Club career

Born in

Juticalpa Juticalpa () is the capital of Olancho Department in Honduras, with a population of 69,850 (2020 calculation), and the municipal seat of Juticalpa Municipality. Situated in a broad river valley alongside the Rio Juticalpa, the town is a commerci ...

, Garrido started playing for

Juticalpa F.C. Juticalpa Fútbol Club is a Honduran association football, football club, based in Juticalpa, Honduras. Nicknamed ''Los Canecheros'', they currently play in the Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso, Honduran second division. Their home venue is the ...

in the secondary division when he was 17 years old. By the end of 2007, after his performance in the

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he signed a 7-year contract with Olimpia. He made his top-league debut in the

2007–08 Honduran Liga Nacional The 2007–08 season in the Honduran Liga Nacional was the 42nd season in the top fight in Honduran football; it ran from August 2007 to May 2008. The season was split into two tournaments (Apertura and Clausura) which defined the 51st and 52nd ...

. He played 6 consecutive seasons with Olimpia, they winning 5 national titles. He spent part of 2011 playing on loan at

Deportes Savio Deportes Savio Fútbol Club, commonly known as Deportes Savio, is a professional Association football in Honduras, Honduran football club based in Santa Rosa de Copán. The club was founded in 1974, and participates in the Liga Nacional de Fútb ...

. On 25 January 2013, he agreed to a six-month loan at

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for the spring

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half-season. On 1 February 2013, he was promoted by Red Star Belgrade after he inked his contract for a 6-month loan, with an option to sign a subsequent contract in June 2013 to stay with the club permanently. However at the end of the season Red Star was unable to fulfill the financial demands of Olimpia, so his first experience in Europe came to an end, and subsequently Garrido returned to Olimpia. He played 10 matches in the Serbian SuperLiga and Red Star finished the season runner-up. On 25 July 2014, he agreed to a loan deal with

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International career

As a youth, he was also a "sub" in a 2007 international game against the

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, and later that year played a game for the Honduras national under-17 team against the USA. He played at the

and at the

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. He made his senior début for

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in an October 2012

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match against

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. Ever since, he became progressively a key player in the

matches. On 17 November 2015, he sustained a horrific knee injury while playing for Honduras in a

match against

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, resulting in the rupture of both

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and ACL ligaments of his right knee.

Career statistics

Honours

Olimpia * Liga Nacional de Honduras: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12,

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Garrido, Luis 1990 births Living people People from Olancho Department Men's association football defenders Honduran men's footballers Honduras men's international footballers 2014 FIFA World Cup players 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Olympic footballers for Honduras Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics C.D. Olimpia players Red Star Belgrade footballers Houston Dynamo FC players Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players Serbian SuperLiga players Major League Soccer players Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup players C.D. Marathón players