Edy Vásquez | |
Fullname: | Edy Rafael Vásquez Andrade |
Birth Date: | 31 October 1983 |
Birth Place: | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
Death Place: | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
Clubnumber: | 16 |
Position: | Midfielder |
Years1: | 2003–2007 |
Clubs1: | Motagua |
Caps1: | 63 |
Goals1: | 7 |
Nationalyears1: | 2006 |
Nationalteam1: | Honduras |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Pcupdate: | 2007-05-12 |
Ntupdate: | 2007 |
Edy Rafael Vásquez Andrade (October 31, 1983 – May 12, 2007) was a Honduran football midfielder, who played for F.C. Motagua.
Vasquez made his debut for Motagua on April 3, 2004, a 3–2 loss against Real España in the Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano in San Pedro Sula and played 63 matches wearing Motagua's blue shirt and scored 7 times. His scored his first goal on March 13, 2005, in a 2–1 win against Victoria in Tegucigalpa when he scored in the final minute.
His last game was on April 29, 2007 with a 1–0 win over Marathon and his last goal was against Hispano on October 5, 2006, in Tegucigalpa.
He suffered from a tibia and fibula fracture preventing him playing for most of the 2006–07 season.
Vásquez made his debut for Honduras in an August 2006 friendly match against Venezuela and has earned a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals.
His final international was an October 2006 friendly match against Guatemala.
Vásquez was a son of Sandra Andrade and he had a daughter with his fiancée Pamela Ocampo: Yeimi Alexandra.[1]
He died in the Hospital Escuela in the morning of May 12, 2007, when the car which was carrying him crashed into a wall at the Fuerzas Armadas Boulevard in Colonia Las Brisas, Tegucigalpa. The accident left the driver and another passenger injured.[2] Police stated all three were infused by alcohol.[3]
Due to his death, the club team Motagua has retired his jersey number 16 in respect of his loyalty to the team.