Denil Omar Maldonado Munguía (born 26 May 1998) is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a defender for Motagua. He also represents the Honduras national team.[1]
![]() Maldonado with Motagua in 2018 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Denil Omar Maldonado Munguía | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1998-05-26) 26 May 1998 (age 24) | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tegucigalpa, Honduras | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||||
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Current team | Motagua | |||||||||||||||
| Number | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 2015– | Motagua | 89 | (3) | |||||||||||||
| 2020 | → Pachuca (loan) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → Everton (loan) | 19 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Honduras U17 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | Honduras U20 | 9 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| 2018 | Honduras U21 | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Honduras U23 | 13 | (2) | |||||||||||||
| 2019– | Honduras | 20 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:13, 8 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:13, 8 October 2022 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||
Maldonado started his professional career with F.C. Motagua under the management of Diego Vásquez. He made his debut on 6 September 2015, in a 4–2 home defeat against Real Sociedad.[2] He scored his first goal on 2 December 2018 in the Apertura tournament semi-final against Platense.[3]
On 19 January 2020, Maldonado joined C.F. Pachuca on a year–long loan, with an option to buy once six months had passed.[4] He made his debut the following 28 January in a 3–1 (4–2 on aggregate) win against Venados F.C. in the round of 16 of the Copa MX.[5]
On 9 September, Maldonado was loaned out to Chilean Primera División side Everton de Viña del Mar for six months after Pachuca and Motagua agreed to extend Maldonado's loan until July 2021.[6][7]
Maldonado represented Honduras at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.[8]
Maldonado played with the Honduras U-20 at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games in Colombia. He played in all five games and scored a goal against Trinidad and Tobago.[9]
On 23 July 2019, Maldonado was selected to represent Honduras at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.[10] He captained the team throughout the tournament and sent Honduras to the final after converting the decisive penalty in a penalty shoot-out against Mexico.[11] He played in the gold medal match as Honduras lost 4–1 to Argentina.[12]
He made his debut for senior national team on 5 September 2019 in a friendly against Puerto Rico, as a starter.[13]
On 14 February 2017, his older brother Alex Maldonado was murdered inside a public transit bus in Tegucigalpa.[14]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Motagua | 2015–16 | Liga Nacional | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016–17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 42 | 1 | – | 7[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 49 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20 | 11 | 1 | – | 8[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 19 | 2 | |||
| 2021–22 | 20 | 1 | – | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 22 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | 9 | 0 | – | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||
| Total | 89 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 112 | 4 | ||
| Pachuca (loan) | 2019–20 | Liga MX | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |||
| Everton (loan) | 2020 | Chilean Primera División | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 17 | 1 | |||
| Total | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 21 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 108 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 136 | 5 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Honduras | 2019 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 11 | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 0 | |
Motagua
Honduras Youth
Individual
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