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Johnny Harold Leverón Uclés (born 7 February 1990) is a Honduran international
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who plays for Olimpia in the
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.


Career


Club

In December 2008, he signed for
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 ...
, and played with the Honduran club until 2012. Leverón made his official debut in the Honduran league on 19 April 2009 with Motagua in the 3–6 defeat against Marathón in
San Pedro Sula San Pedro Sula () is the capital of Cortés Department, Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country in the Sula Valley, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea. With a population of 671,460 ...
. While with Motagua he appeared in 83 league matches and scored nine goals. In January 2013 it was revealed his agent was looking for a move abroad. In February 2013 he signed a contract to play in
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for
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer team based in Vancouver. They compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The MLS iteration of the club was established on Marc ...
. In 2015 Levenón signed for Mexican
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team,
Correcaminos UAT Club de Fútbol Correcaminos de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, simply known as Correcaminos UAT, is a Mexican professional football club based in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas. It currently plays in the Liga de Expansión MX. The team wa ...
.


International

Leverón represented Honduras in the
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in
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. He was captain of the under 17 team and scored three goals for his squad. He also played in the
2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007, the twelfth edition of the tournament, was held in South Korea between 18 August and 9 September 2007. For this event, the number of teams had been expanded from 16 to 24, with the top two of each group and the four ...
in Korea and at the
2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which was hosted by Egypt from 24 September to 16 October 2009. The tournament was initially going to take place between 10 and 31 July. However, the 2009 FIFA Confedera ...
in Egypt. He made his senior debut for
Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
in an April 2010
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against
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and has, as of January 2013, earned a total of 22 caps, scoring 3 goals. He has represented his country in one
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match and played at the
2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
. He also played at the
2011 UNCAF Nations Cup The 2011 Copa Centroamericana ( en, 2011 Central American Cup) was the eleventh edition of Copa Centroamericana (formerly known as the UNCAF Nations Cup), an international football championship for national teams affiliated with the Central Amer ...
s as well as at the
2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition, and the 21st CONCACAF regional championship overall in CONCACAF's 50 years of existence. The United States was the host nation. The competition started on June ...
.CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2011 – Full Details
– RSSSF


Career statistics


International goals


Honours and awards

F.C. Motagua *
Liga Profesional de Honduras Liga or LIGA may refer to: People * Līga (name), a Latvian female given name * Luciano Ligabue, more commonly known as Ligabue or ''Liga'', Italian rock singer-songwriter Sports * Liga ACB, men's professional basketball league in Spain * Liga ...
:
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C.D. Marathón *
Liga Profesional de Honduras Liga or LIGA may refer to: People * Līga (name), a Latvian female given name * Luciano Ligabue, more commonly known as Ligabue or ''Liga'', Italian rock singer-songwriter Sports * Liga ACB, men's professional basketball league in Spain * Liga ...
: 2017–18 C Honduras *
Copa Centroamericana The Copa Centroamericana (, Spanish for "Central American Cup") was the main association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ''Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol'' (UNCAF), the sport's Central Am ...
:
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Leveron, Johnny 1990 births Living people People from Yoro Department Men's association football defenders Honduran men's footballers Honduran expatriate men's footballers Honduras men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Honduras Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2007 Pan American Games 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup players F.C. Motagua players Vancouver Whitecaps FC players C.D. Marathón players Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Major League Soccer players Pan American Games competitors for Honduras C.D. Olimpia players