Luis Enrique Oseguera (born 6 May 1976) is a former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played in the

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and

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Career

Born in

Olanchito Olanchito is a municipality in the department of Yoro, Honduras, and a town with a population of 45,270 as of 2020. The municipality was founded in 1530 and comprises 70 villages, approximately 300 hamlets, and approximately 100,000 inhabitants. ...

, Oseguera began playing football as a striker with youth sides El Sauce and Instituto San Isidro. He joined

C.D. Victoria Club Deportivo Victoria is a Honduran football club based in La Ceiba, Atlántida. They have enjoyed success in the past having won the Honduran first division once. They currently play in the Honduran first division. History Club Deportivo ...

in 1992, and helped the club to a runners'-up finish in the 1992 cup. Oseguera won the 1994–95 league title with Victoria before being sold to Salvadorean side

C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo Club Deportivo Luis Ángel Firpo (often abbreviated to Firpo) is an El Salvador professional association football club based in Usulután. The club was founded in 1923, and has played at its current home ground, Estadio Sergio Torres, since 1930 ...

in 1995. Firpo were losing league finalists in his first two seasons (his two goals helped the club win a semi-final against his future club C.D. Águila in 1997), before winning the league in the 1997–98 season. Oseguera also played for Firpo in the

1997 CONCACAF Champions' Cup The 1997 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 33rd. edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined that year's cl ...

, losing in the quarter-finals to the

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. Oseguera had brief spells with

C.D. Marathón Club Deportivo Marathón is a Honduran professional association football, football club based in San Pedro Sula. Founded on 25 November 1925, Marathón currently plays in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras. History Club Deport ...

and

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n sides Tally Juca and

C.D. Suchitepéquez Club Deportivo Suchitepéquez is a Guatemalan football club that competes in the Primera División de Ascenso, the second division in the nation. They are based in Mazatenango, Department of Suchitepéquez, and their home stadium is the '' Esta ...

before finishing his career in Honduras. He played for C.D. Broncos, Victoria,

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 ...

Platense F.C. Platense Football Club S.A. de C.V. or simply Platense is a Honduran football club, located in Platense, Puerto Cortés, Cortés. The club was founded on 4 July 1960 and in 1965 became the first champions of the Honduran National Football Lea ...

, C.D.S. Vida,

Hispano F.C. Comayagua Fútbol Club () was a Honduran football club, based in Comayagua, Honduras. The club was founded in 1945 as ''Hispano Galvez'', eventually dropping "Galvez". The ''Hispano'' club played from 2005 to 2011 in the Honduran first divisio ...

and

Villanueva F.C. Villanueva FC is a Honduran football club based in Villanueva, Cortés. Villanueva currently plays in the Honduran second division. They play their home games at the Estadio José Adrian Cruz. Achievements *Liga de Ascenso Liga or LIGA ...

before retiring at age 31. He led the league in goal-scoring while with Broncos and helped Motagua to a runners'-up league finish in 2002–03. Oseguera represented Honduras at youth level, playing in the

1995 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship, known as the 1995 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Youth Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 10th edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It was held in Qatar from 13 to 28 April 1995. The tournament too ...

finals in

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. He also played in the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oseguera, Luis 1976 births Living people Honduran men's footballers Broncos del Sur F.C. players C.D. Victoria players C.D. Marathón players F.C. Motagua players Platense F.C. players C.D.S. Vida players Comayagua F.C. players C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo footballers C.D. Águila footballers C.D. Suchitepéquez players Men's association football forwards People from Yoro Department