José Mauricio Fúnez Barrientos (born 10 March 1959), nicknamed ''El Güicho'', is a retired Honduran

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Club career

The moustached Fúnez played most of his career for

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, whom he also skippered, in the Honduran Liga Nacional. He also played for

Independiente Villela Independiente de San Pedro Sula was a football club located in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. The club played several seasons in the Honduran Liga Nacional as well in the Honduran Amateur League. History Independiente Villela obtained the Cort� ...

and

C.D. Olimpia Club Deportivo Olimpia is a professional Honduran football club based in Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán. The club is the nation's most successful team both in the domestic league and in international club competitions. History Olimpia was f ...

International career

Fúnez arrived late at the internationals scene, since he only made his debut for

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in a May

1991 UNCAF Nations Cup The 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup was the inaugural UNCAF Nations Cup, the Central American championship for men's national association football teams. It was organized by the ''Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol'' or UNCAF, and it took place in Costa Ri ...

match against

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and has earned a total of 28 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 4

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matches and played at the

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and

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 ...

s, as well as at the

1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the first edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF), and the eleventh overall CONCACAF tournament. The last time the CONCACAF Championship was he ...

.CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1991 - Full Details
- RSSSF His final international was a May 1993 FIFA World Cup qualification match against

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Honours and awards

Club

;C.D. Real Espana *

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(3): 1988–89, 1990–91, 1993–94 *

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: (1):

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;C.D. Olimpia *

(1): 1982–83

Country

;Honduras * Copa Centroamericana (1):

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* 1959 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Honduran men's footballers Honduras men's international footballers 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Independiente Villela players C.D. Olimpia players Real C.D. España players Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players Place of birth missing (living people) {{Honduras-footy-bio-stub