Amado Guevara

Guevara playing for Toronto FC in 2008

Personal information

Full name

Amado Guevara

Date of birth

2 May 1976

Place of birth

Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Height

5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)

Playing position

Attacking Midfielder

Youth career

1992–1993

Olimpia

1993–1994

Motagua

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

1994–2000

Motagua

140

(47)

1995–1996

→ Real Valladolid (loan)

(0)

2000–2001

Toros Neza

(7)

2001–2002

Zacatepec

(2)

2002

Saprissa

(9)

2003–2006

New York Red Bulls^[1]

103

(32)

2007–2008

Chivas USA

(0)

2007–2008

→ Motagua (loan)

(5)

2008–2009

Toronto FC

(9)

2010–2013

Motagua

113

(20)

2014–2015

Marathón

(1)

Total

509

(132)

National team^‡

1995

Honduras U-20

1994–2010

Honduras

138

(27)

Honours

Honduras
	UNCAF Nations Cup	2009

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 June 2013.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 June 2010

Amado Guevara (born 2 May 1976) is a Honduran retired football player and manager who currently works for the Honduran national team in the role of assistant manager.^[2]

He is the all-time cap leader for the Honduran national team.^[3] He was selected as the Best Player of the 2001 Copa América, held in Colombia.

Career

Club

Guevara, nicknamed El Lobo, began his career in Honduras with Olimpia and Motagua, and subsequently played all over the world: in Spain with Real Valladolid, in Mexico with Toros Neza and CD Zacatepec, and in Costa Rica with Saprissa.

He was signed by the MetroStars of Major League Soccer on 11 April 2003, and immediately stepped in and produced. Although he finished the season with only three goals and ten assists (he added another goal in the playoffs), he became the focal point of the team; they were successful when the offense flowed through him. Guevara added four key goals and two assists in the U.S. Open Cup, leading the MetroStars to the first final of any sort in the team's history.

Guevara tallied ten goals (six on penalties) and ten assists in his second season. Guevara not only tied for the league lead in scoring, he was also named MLS's MVP. In 2005, he produced another solid season for the Metros, with 11 goals and 11 assists, and added a goal in the playoffs.

In early 2006, a conflict arose between Guevara and the MetroStars. The club allowed him to train with C.D. Motagua, but Guevara played for the Honduran club in a number of friendly matches, which might or might not have been permitted. Guevara lashed out in the Honduran press at the Metros' GM Alexi Lalas, but the two patched things up and Guevara remained in New York for the 2006 season. He received his green card in March 2006, thus no longer counting as a foreign player in MLS. During the last game of the re-branded New York Red Bulls season, Guevara scored a hat trick helping them win 3–2 and reach the playoffs.

Following the 2006 season, Guevara was traded to Chivas USA in exchange for a designated player slot. After playing just four games for the club, Chivas USA coach Preki told MLSnet.com that "I have a vision of where the club is going and [Guevara's] not part of it." This comment came following consistently poor performance on the field and an incident in which Guevara was sent off for pushing an assistant referee. Attempts to deal the midfielder to Toronto FC, Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, and Columbus Crew were all shot down by Guevara. Guevara then accepted a loan move to his former club Motagua for the remainder of the 2007 season. He quickly recovered the form that made him a star in the US top flight, leading the Honduran club to the Central American Club Championship Copa Interclubes UNCAF 2007 defeating regional and Costa Rican giant Saprissa 2–1 on aggregate on 5 December 2007.

On 9 April 2008, Guevara was traded to Toronto FC for a 2009 and 2010 draft pick. He made his debut for Toronto FC in his new team's first win of the 2008 season, assisting Danny Dichio for the first goal of the game against the Los Angeles Galaxy. On 3 August 2008, Guevara was shown a straight red card by referee Baldomero Toledo after allegedly elbowing FC Dallas player Pablo Ricchetti in the face. The elbow drew blood, and Guevara was immediately thrown from the game. He received a 2-game suspension. While at TFC Guevara quickly became a fan favourite and was known for his darting runs, and spectacular free kicks. Guevara performed consistently well while in Toronto scoring a total of 9 goals over the course of the season, including 2 in the Canadian Championship. Guevara left Toronto to return to Honduran side Motagua in December 2009.^[4]

In the 2010-11 CONCACAF Champions League, Motagua was drawn against his former team, Toronto FC, in the preliminary round. Despite Guevara scoring two goals in the home leg, Motagua was eliminated 3–2 on aggregate.^[5]

In January 2013, el Lobo scored his 64th goal for Motagua, only 4 short of Óscar Hernández' 68 and 13 short of the club's all-time record goalscorer Ángel Obando.^[6]

In 2014, Guevara signed with Honduran side Marathón.^[7] He retired in 2015.^[8]

International

He made his debut for Honduras in an May 1994 Miami Cup match against Peru and has earned a total of 138 caps, scoring 27 goals. He has represented his country in 49 FIFA World Cup qualification matches^[9] and played at 5 UNCAF Nations Cups as well as at the 1998,^[10] 2000^[11] and 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cups.^[12]

His final international was a June 2010 FIFA World Cup match against eventual winners Spain.

He was named the tournament MVP after leading Honduras to a surprise third-place finish in the 2001 Copa América. The Honduran team (a last minute call-up when Argentina dropped out a day before kickoff on 11 July 2001) arrived after the tournament started, just few hours before its first game with barely enough players. In the quarterfinal round, Honduras defeated Brazil (the favorite to win the tournament) by a score of 2–0. The defeat sent the Brazilians home and the Hondurans advanced to the semifinals.

Guevara helped lead Honduras through the qualification to the 2010 FIFA World Cup and captained the team at only their second appearance at a World Cup tournament.

International goals

Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first.

N.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	16 April 1997	Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Panama	5–0	5–0	1997 UNCAF Nations Cup
2.	19 March 1999	Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica	Belize	3–1	5–1	1999 UNCAF Nations Cup
3.	16 December 1999	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Zambia	5–1	7–1	Friendly match
4.	16 December 1999	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Zambia	6–1	7–1	Friendly match
5.	16 August 2000	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3–0	6–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.	21 March 2001	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Chile	2–1	3–1	Friendly match
7.	16 June 2001	Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	4–1	4–2	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
8.	1 July 2001	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Costa Rica	1–2	2–3	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
9.	1 July 2001	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Costa Rica	2–2	2–3	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
10.	16 July 2001	Atanasio Girardot, Medellín, Colombia	Bolivia	1–0	2–0	2001 Copa América
11.	16 July 2001	Atanasio Girardot, Medellín, Colombia	Bolivia	2–0	2–0	2001 Copa América
12.	19 July 2001	Atanasio Girardot, Medellín, Colombia	Uruguay	1–0	1–0	2001 Copa América
13.	23 February 2003	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama	Guatemala	1–2	1–2	2003 UNCAF Nations Cup
14.	2 April 2003	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Paraguay	1–0	1–1	Friendly match
15.	19 June 2004	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Netherlands Antilles	1–0	4–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
16.	18 August 2004	Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica	Costa Rica	3–2	5–2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
17.	4 September 2004	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada	Canada	1–1	1–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
18.	8 September 2004	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Guatemala	1–2	2–2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
19.	2 June 2007	Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Trinidad and Tobago	2–1	3–1	Friendly match
20.	8 June 2007	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, USA	Panama	1–1	2–3	2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup
21.	13 June 2007	Reliant Stadium, Houston, USA	Cuba	5–0	5–0	2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup
22.	6 February 2008	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Paraguay	1–0	2–0	Friendly match
23.	7 June 2008	Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba, Honduras	Haiti	3–0	3–1	Friendly match
24.	10 September 2008	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Jamaica	2–0	2–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
25.	18 January 2009	Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, USA	Chile	2–0	2–0	Friendly match
26.	22 January 2009	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Belize	1–0	2–1	1997 UNCAF Nations Cup
27.	5 September 2009	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Trinidad and Tobago	3–0	4–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Career statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
USA			League		Open Cup		Playoffs		North America		Total
2003	MetroStars	Major League Soccer	25	3	5	4	2	1	-	-	32	8
2004			24	10	0	0	2	0	-	-	26	10
2005			26	11	0	0	2	1	-	-	28	12
2006	New York Red Bulls	Major League Soccer	28	8	1	1	2	0	-	-	31	9
2007	Chivas USA	Major League Soccer	4	0
2008	Toronto FC	Major League Soccer	21	4
2009	Toronto FC	Major League Soccer	24	5
Total	USA/Canada		143	41
Career total			143	41

Honours and awards

Country

Honduras

Copa Centroamericana (1): 1995

Club

C.D. Motagua

Copa Interclubes UNCAF (1): 2007
Honduran Liga Nacional (5): 1997–98 A, 1997–98 C, 1999–00 A, 1999–00 C, 2010–11 C
Honduran Super Cup (1): 1997–98

New York Red Bulls

Atlantic Cup (1): 2003
La Manga Cup (1): 2004

Toronto FC

Canadian Championship (1): 2009

Individual

Major League Soccer MVP: 2004
MLS Scoring Champion Winner: 2004
MLS Best XI: 2004
MLS All-Star Game MVP: 2004
Copa América MVP: 2001

References

↑ The team was known as MetroStars prior to 2006.
↑ – RSSSF
↑ Players with 100+ Caps and 30+ International Goals – RSSSF
↑ Amado Guevara Leaves Toronto, Joins Honduras' Motagua
↑ "TFC earns 1st Champions League Berth". CBC.ca. 4 August 2010.
↑ Amado cerca de ser el máximo goleador azul – La Prensa (Spanish)
↑ http://www.diez.hn/futboldeprimera/marathon/440912-99/amado-guevara-marathon-siempre-fue-la-primera-opcion
↑ http://televicentro.hn/nota/2015/5/21/oficial-amado-guevara-fue-elegido-por-pinto-para-ser-su-asistente
↑ Amado Guevara – FIFA competition record
↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1998 – Full Details – RSSSF
↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2000 – Full Details – RSSSF
↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 – Full Details Archived 24 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine. – RSSSF

External links

Amado Guevara at National-Football-Teams.com
MLS player profile
Midfield Dynamo's 10 Heroes of the Copa América Amado Guevara listed in the top 10
Amado Guevara – Century of International Appearances – RSSSF
Profile – FIFA

Preceded by Preki	Major League Soccer MVP Award 2004	Succeeded by Taylor Twellman

Awards

MLS All-Star Game MVP

1996: Valderrama 1997: Valderrama 1998: McBride 1999: Preki 2000: Diallo 2001: Donovan 2002: Etcheverry 2003: Ruiz 2004: Guevara 2005: Twellman 2006: De Rosario 2007: Ángel 2008: Blanco 2009: Howard 2010: Macheda 2011: Park 2012: Pontius 2013: Florenzi 2014: Donovan 2015: Kaká 2016: Akpom

Honduran Liga Nacional awards

Top goalscorers	1965–66: Grey 1966–67: Caballero 1967–68: Garden 1968–69: Abrussezze 1969–70: Ortega 1970–71: Alvarado 1971–72: Alvarado 1972–73: none 1973–74: Blandón & Plummer 1974–75: Rodríguez 1975–76: López 1976–77: O. Hernández 1977–78: Carreño 1978–79: Bernárdez 1979–80: Norales 1980–81: Altamirano 1981–82: Altamirano 1982–83: Altamirano 1983–84: Gamboa 1984–85: Altamirano 1985–86: Flores 1986–87: Dueñas 1987–88: Machado 1988–89: Matthews, Alonso, Lobo & Gamboa 1989–90: Ávila 1990–91: Vallejo 1991–92: Bennett 1992–93: Arriola 1993–94: Chacón 1994–95: Ávila 1995–96: Castro 1996–97: Costa 1997–98 A: Velásquez 1997–98 C: Guevara & Velásquez 1998–99: de Lima 1999–00 A: Velásquez 1999–00 C: Cárcamo 2000–01 A: Verón 2000–01 C: Cacho 2001–02 A: Reneau 2001–02 C: M. Ferreira 2002–03 A: M. Ferreira 2002–03 C: Costa, Cacho & Emílio 2003–04 A: Tosello 2003–04 C: Emílio 2004–05 A: Emílio 2004–05 C: Ramírez 2005–06 A: Ramírez 2005–06 C: Emílio 2006–07 A: Costly 2006–07 C: Pavón 2007–08 A: E. Martínez 2007–08 C: Velásquez 2008–09 A: E. Ferreira 2008–09 C: Diduch 2009–10 A: Palacios 2009–10 C: Bengtson 2010–11 A: Bengtson 2010–11 C: Bengtson 2011–12 A: Cardozo 2011–12 C: Torlacoff & Copete 2012–13 A: Rojas 2012–13 C: R. Martínez 2013–14 A: Castillo 2013–14 C: R. Martínez 2014–15 A: E. Hernández 2014–15 C: Castillo 2015–16 A: Vega 2015–16 C: Elis & Vega

Best goalkeepers	1965–66: Chesman 1966–67: Norales 1967–68: Norales 1968–69: Norales 1969–70: Norales 1970–71: Dubois 1971–72: Santini 1972–73: none 1973–74: Mayorga 1974–75: Mayorga 1975–76: Santini 1976–77: Rivera 1977–78: Rivera 1978–79: Morales 1979–80: Mayorga 1980–81: Stewart 1981–82: Morales 1982–83: Rivera 1983–84: Solís 1984–85: Guerrero 1985–86: Banegas 1986–87: Herrera 1987–88: Rivera 1988–89: Banegas 1989–90: Tejeda 1990–91: Bautista 1991–92: Henríquez 1992–93: Cubillo 1993–94: Palacios 1994–95: Banegas 1995–96: Flores 1996–97: Prono 1997–98 A: Vásquez 1997–98 C: Vásquez 1998–99: Prono 1999–00 A: Prono 1999–00 C: Prono 2000–01 A: González 2000–01 C: González 2001–02 A: González 2001–02 C: Flores 2002–03 A: James 2002–03 C: Medina 2003–04 A: Escober 2003–04 C: Coello 2004–05 A: Morales 2004–05 C: Vásquez 2005–06 A: Valladares 2005–06 C: James 2006–07 A: Valladares 2006–07 C: Vallecillo 2007–08 A: Bodden 2007–08 C: Valladares 2008–09 A: Canales 2008–09 C: Escober 2009–10 A: Morales 2009–10 C: de León 2010–11 A: Bodden 2010–11 C: Orio 2011–12 A: Escober 2011–12 C: Orio 2012–13 A: Morales 2012–13 C: Cárcamo 2013–14 A: Bodden 2013–14 C: Portigliatti 2014–15 A: Cárcamo 2014–15 C: Morales 2015–16 A: Zúniga 2015–16 C: Morales

Landon Donovan MVP Award

1996: Valderrama 1997: Preki 1998: Etcheverry 1999: Kreis 2000: Meola 2001: Pineda Chacón 2002: Ruiz 2003: Preki 2004: Guevara 2005: Twellman 2006: Gómez 2007: Emílio 2008: Barros Schelotto 2009: Donovan 2010: Ferreira 2011: De Rosario 2012: Wondolowski 2013: Magee 2014: Keane 2015: Giovinco 2016: Villa

CONMEBOL Copa América Player of the Tournament

South American Nations Championship Player of the tournament	1916: Gradín 1917: Scarone 1919: Friedenreich 1920: Piendibene 1921: Tesoriere 1922: Fortes 1923: Nasazzi 1924: Petrone 1925: Seoane 1926: Andrade 1927: Seoane 1929: Ferreira 1935: Nasazzi 1937: Mata 1939: Fernández 1941: Livingstone 1942: Varela 1945: da Guia 1946: Pedernera 1947: Moreno 1949: Ademir 1953: Herrera 1955: Hormazábal 1956: Míguez 1957: Sívori 1959–1: Pelé 1959–2: Silveira 1963: Blacut 1967: Rocha

Copa América Player of the tournament	1975: Cubillas 1979: Caszely 1983: Francescoli 1987: Valderrama 1989: Sosa 1991: Rodríguez 1993: Goycochea 1995: Francescoli 1997: Ronaldo 1999: Rivaldo 2001: Guevara 2004: Adriano 2007: Robinho 2011: Suárez 2015: ~~Messi~~ 2016: Sánchez

Honduras Squad

Honduras squad – 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 Flores 2 Membreño 3 Cruz 4 Arzú 5 Clother 6 Zúñiga 7 Bernárdez 8 Pineda Chacón 9 Pavón 10 Santamaría 11 Velásquez 13 Zapata 14 Hernández 15 Caballero 16 Álvarez 17 Bonilla 18 Martínez 19 Carson 20 Guevara 28 Valladares Coach: Company

Honduras squad – 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 Cruz 2 Guerrero 3 Clavasquín 4 S. Caballero 5 M. Reyes 6 Medina 7 8 Lagos 9 C. Pavón 10 de León 11 Núñez 12 H. Caballero 14 J.L. Pineda 15 García 16 F. Reyes 18 F. Pavón 19 Turcios 20 Guevara 21 Martínez 22 A. Pineda Chacón 23 Phillips 24 Coello Coach: Maradiaga

Honduras squad – 2001 Copa América Third Place

1 Enamorado 2 Phillips 3 Cárcamo 4 Caballero 5 Reyes 6 Lagos 7 Suazo 8 Brown 10 de León 13 Bernárdez 14 Rodríguez 15 García 16 Pineda 17 Güity 18 Martínez 19 Turcios 20 Guevara 21 Pérez 22 Valladares 23 Izaguirre 24 Medina 26 Morales Coach: Maradiaga

Honduras squad – 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 Puerto 3 Figueroa 4 Caballero 5 E. Vallecillo 6 Mendoza 7 E. Martínez 8 Palacios 9 Pavón 10 de León 11 J. Martínez 12 O. Vallecillo 13 Costly 14 García 15 W. Martínez 16 Oliva 17 Alvarez 18 Claros 19 Rodríguez 20 Guevara 21 Izaguirre 22 Morales 23 Guerrero 24 Santamaría Coach: Rueda

Honduras squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup

1 Canales 2 Chávez 3 Figueroa 4 J. Palacios 5 Bernárdez 6 Thomas 7 Núñez 8 W. Palacios 9 Pavón 10 J.N. Palacios 11 Suazo 12 Welcome 13 Espinoza 14 García 15 Martínez 16 Sabillón 17 Álvarez 18 Valladares 19 Turcios 20 Guevara (c) 21 Izaguirre 22 Escober 23 Mendoza Coach: Rueda

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