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Osman Danilo Chávez Güity (; born 29 July 1984) is a former Honduran
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 as a
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for last time in Honduran club CD Vida.


Club career

Chávez began his career a
Platense Junior
before moving to Platense. He made his professional debut on 7 October 2004 against
Municipal Valencia Municipal Valencia is a Honduran football club based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. They however played their home games in the Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos, Choluteca when they were in the Honduran first division. History Municipal Valencia was f ...
. In 2007–08 he was loaned to
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 after a successful season he returned to Platese after the clubs failed to reach an agreement on a transfer fee. In 2009 Chávez had been on trial with
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outfit
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and
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side
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. On 8 August 2010, Chávez joined Polish team
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. He won the
Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 cl ...
championship in his debut season. He was also selected to the Ekstraklasa team of the season by both Canal+ Sport as well as
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. After the season Chávez signed a new five-year contract with Wisła.


International career

He made his debut for the national side on 6 February 2008 in a friendly against
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. He has represented his country at the
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and
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s as well as at the
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and
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 ...
s. Chávez was a key figure in Honduras's successful push for qualification to the
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, playing in eleven matches. At the World Cup he played in all three group stage games. At the 2014 FIFA World cup in Brazil he played one match as a second-half substitute against France national team.


Personal life

He is nicknamed "El Tierno" (The Tender or The newborn).


Honours and awards


Club

;F.C. Motagua *
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;Wisła Kraków *
Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 cl ...
(1):
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Country

;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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Statistics

: ''(correct as of 11 November 2014)''


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chavez, Osman 1984 births Living people People from Colón Department (Honduras) Men's association football defenders Honduran men's footballers Honduras men's international footballers 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2010 FIFA World Cup players 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2014 FIFA World Cup players Platense F.C. players F.C. Motagua players Wisła Kraków players Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players Ekstraklasa players Honduran expatriates in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in China Qingdao Hainiu F.C. (1990) players China League One players