Mario Iván Guerrero Ramírez (born 30 November 1977) is a Honduran former

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Career

Club

Guerrero began his career with F.C. Motagua in Honduras, playing with the team from 1996 until transferring overseas in 2000. He moved to the English Premiership to play for

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along with compatriot Jairo Martínez. He left the UK in October 2002 to rejoin Motagua and then moved to C.A. Peñarol in

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in 2004, before his move to Chicago Fire of

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Major League Soccer

He served as Chicago's lone representative in the 2005 MLS All-Star Game; and won the Fire's 2005 Fire/Honda MVP and Fire Defender of the Year awards. On 21 November 2007 he was selected by

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in the 2007 MLS Expansion Draft. He was later traded to D.C. United on 31 July 2008 in exchange for a partial allocation. He made his D.C. United debut on 2 August 2008 as a starting left

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in a 2–0 win against

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. Guerrero was traded to

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in February 2009 as part of the deal taking Christian Gómez back to D.C. United. He was waived by Colorado on 17 June 2009.

Retirement

He retired in 2011 playing for F.C. Motagua.

Fort Lauderdale Strikers

On 24 January 2013, Guerrero ended retirement by signing with

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of the

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. In his first season with the Strikers he led the team in assists with six. Guerrero is captain of the club for the 2014 season. Following the dismissal of head coach Marcelo Neveleff on 7 June 2015, Guerrero was named interim head coach for the Strikers final spring season match against

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. On 30 April 2015, it was announced that Günter Kronsteiner would be returning as Strikers head coach. Guerrero will remain as an assistant coach on Kronsteiner's staff and also still be a part of the Strikers player roster.

International career

Guerrero made his debut for

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in a March

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match against

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and has earned a total of 84 caps, scoring 4 goals. He has represented his country in 33

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matches and played at the

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and

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s as well as at the

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and

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s. He was a member of the national squad who competed at the

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. His final international was an October 2010

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against

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first.''

Personal life

Guerrero is a permanent resident of the United States.

Honours and awards

Club

;F.C. Motagua * Liga Nacional: 1997–98 A, 1997–98 C, 1999–2000 A, 1999–2000 C, 2010–11 C * Honduran Super Cup: 1997–98 ;D.C. United * Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup:

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;Chicago Fire Soccer Club * Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup:

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Country

;Honduras *

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References

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– Fort Lauderdale Strikers {{DEFAULTSORT:Guerrero, Ivan 1977 births Living people People from Comayagua Men's association football defenders Honduran men's footballers Honduras men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Honduras Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players F.C. Motagua players Coventry City F.C. players Peñarol players Chicago Fire FC players San Jose Earthquakes players D.C. United players Colorado Rapids players Fort Lauderdale Strikers players Honduran expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Honduran expatriate sportspeople in England Honduran expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay Honduran expatriate sportspeople in the United States Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players Premier League players Major League Soccer players Major League Soccer All-Stars North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players Pan American Games silver medalists for Honduras Footballers at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists in football