Francisco Pavón (Honduran footballer) explained

Francisco Pavón (Honduran footballer) should not be confused with Francisco Pavón.

Francisco Pavón
Fullname:Francisco Antonio Pavón Rodríguez
Birth Date:28 January 1977
Birth Place:La Ceiba, Honduras
Height:1.730NaN0
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1998–1999
Years2:1999–2002
Years3:2002–2004
Years4:2004–2005
Years5:2005–2007
Years6:2007–2008
Years7:2008–2009
Years8:2009–2012
Clubs1:Victoria
Clubs2:BSV Bad Bleiberg
Clubs3:Motagua
Clubs4:Platense
Clubs5:Vida
Clubs6:Eğirdir Belediye Spor
Clubs7:Xelajú
Clubs8:Vida
Caps1:21
Caps2:88
Caps7:31
Caps8:13
Goals1:8
Goals2:17
Goals3:7
Goals7:9
Goals8:14
Nationalyears1:1999–2003
Nationalteam1:Honduras
Nationalcaps1:17
Nationalgoals1:1
Pcupdate:2009

Francisco Antonio Pavón Rodríguez (born 28 January 1977) is a retired Honduran professional football midfielder who most prominently played for local side Vida.

Club career

Pavón started his career at hometown club Victoria and then played alongside compatriots Walter Nahún López, Reynaldo Clavasquín and Juan Manuel Cárcamo for BSV Bad Bleiberg in the Austrian Football First League. He returned to Honduras after three seasons in Austria in 2002 to play for F.C. Motagua, Platense F.C. and C.D.S. Vida.

Pavón joined Xelajú of the Liga Nacional de Guatemala in July 2008,[1] after spending the 2007–08 season with Turkish amateur club Eğirdir Belediye Spor[2] but returned to Vida in 2009.

He retired in summer 2012[3] but was lured to playing again by Real Sociedad.[4] In February 2013, Vida could lose all points won in the 2013 Clausura for non-payment of Pavón's contract.[5]

International career

Pavón made his debut for Honduras in a November 1999 friendly match against Trinidad & Tobago and has earned a total of 17 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country in 3 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He also played at the 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup[6] as well as at the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Pavón was on the Honduran team at the 1999 Pan American Games and scored the Honduran goal in a 1–3 defeat to Mexico in the final.[7]

His final international was a February 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Paraguay.

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list. Honduras' goal tally first.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: LNF Guatemala . JUGADORES MAYOR. T.A. 08 . 2008-10-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081010042325/http://lnfguatemala.com/media/File/CUADROXELAJU.pdf . 10 October 2008 .
  2. Web site: TFF. FRANCISCO ANTONIO PAVON RODRIGUEZ. 2008-10-29.
  3. http://m.diez.hn/Ediciones/2012/07/15/Noticias/Francisco-Pavon-se-queda-sin-jugar-en-el-Apertura-de-Honduras Francisco Pavón se queda sin jugar en el Apertura de Honduras
  4. http://www.laprensa.hn/Secciones-Principales/Deportes/Liga-de-Honduras/Chico-Pavon-quiere-volver Chico Pavón quiere volver
  5. http://tiempo.hn/cronometro/liga-nacional/item/8697-caso-francisco-pav%C3%B3n-vida-a-las-puertas-de-perder-puntos Caso Francisco Pavón: Vida a las puertas de perder puntos
  6. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/gold-cam03det.html Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2003 – Details
  7. Web site: Honduras 1 Mexico 3 (Winnipeg 1999). Youtube.com. 2 May 2020.