Danilo Arturo Galindo (born 4 March 1963) is a retired Honduran football player who played for the national team in the 1980s and 90s.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Danilo Arturo Galindo | ||
Date of birth | (1963-03-04) 4 March 1963 (age 59) | ||
Place of birth | La Ceiba, Honduras | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1984–1986 | Platense | ||
1986–1987 | Vida | ||
1987–1992 | Olimpia | ||
1992–1993 | León de Huánuco | ||
1994 | Herediano | (0) | |
1994–1995 | Ciclista Lima | ||
1995–1997 | Olimpia | ||
1997–1998 | Palestino | ||
National team | |||
1985–1991 | Honduras | 9 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Nicknamed Pollo (Chicken), Galindo played for Honduran sides Platense, Vida, Olimpia and Palestino as well as in Peru for León de Huánuco and Ciclista Lima.[1] He also played alongside compatriot Nicolás Suazo at Herediano in Costa Rica,[2] he did not score a goal for the club.[3] He played with Nahúm Espinoza, Alex Pineda Chacón, Belarmino Rivera, Juan Carlos Espinoza and Eugenio Dolmo Flores in the Olimpia and they won the CONCACAF Champions League in 1988.[4]
Galindo made his debut for Honduras in a September 1985 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Canada and has earned a total of 9 caps,[5] scoring no goals. He has represented his country in only that one FIFA World Cup qualification match[6] and played at the 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup.[7]
His final international was a May 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Guatemala.
Galindo moved to the United States in 2000 to find a job as a painter in Boca Raton.
Pollo is son of Asunción and Mercedes Galindo and he is married to Ángela Jiménez de Galindo. He has 2 daughters Ingrid Daniella and Ana Maria and 1 son Danilo Armando Galindo .