Sergio Fernando Chamorro Fletes (born 25 November 1971) is a retired

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Club career

Chamorro made his national league debut for Walter Ferretti in 1987 against Chinandega and also played for local top side

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whom he joined in 1999. From September 2005 he held out for almost 9 successive clean sheets and was unbeaten in 749 minutes, breaking the previous Nicaraguan league record of former Esteli goalkeeper Glen Omier.

International career

Chamorro made his debut for

in an April

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qualification match against

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and has earned a total of 14 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 3

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matches and played at the

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and

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s. His final international game was a June 2004

match against St Vincent & the Grenadines.

Retirement and personal life

During his playing days with Walter Ferretti, Chamorro completed a degree in medicine which earned him his nickname ''el Docter''. His study though denied him to play abroad. He is a specialist in orthopedics and traumatology doctor. In 1999, he married Dr Johanna Camacho and they have two sons named Alfredo and Andrés.“Todavía no me puedo divorciar del futbol” Sergio Chamorro Fletes, el mejor arquero de los noventa
- La Prensa

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1971 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Association football goalkeepers Nicaraguan men's footballers Nicaragua international footballers Diriangén FC players C.D. Walter Ferretti players Real Estelí F.C. players 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup players {{Nicaragua-footy-bio-stub