José Figueroa (footballer)

José Roberto Figueroa Padilla, also known as Macho, (15 December 1959 – 24 May 2020)[2] was a Honduran footballer who played as a forward, in Honduras for F.C. Motagua, C.D.S. Vida and in Spain for Real Murcia and Hércules CF. He also represented Honduras at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Roberto Figueroa
Personal information
Full name José Roberto Figueroa Padilla
Date of birth (1959-11-14)14 November 1959
Place of birth Olanchito, Honduras
Date of death 24 May 2020 (aged 60)
Place of death San Francisco, United States
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1982 Vida (19[1])
1982–1986 Real Murcia 111 (51)
1986–1988 Hércules 45 (13)
1988–1989 Motagua (2)
1989 Cartaginés 15 (4)
1990 Vida
International career‡
1980–1985 Honduras 28 (14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 November 2011
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 November 2011
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Figueroa and the second or maternal family name is Padilla.

Club career

Macho Figueroa was a forward. One of his best technical movements was a powerful shot. After a great participation with Honduras in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, his services were acquired by Real Murcia of the Spanish Second Division. By dint of goals, Figueroa contributed to his team when it returned to La Liga. His league debut was against Real Sociedad where he had a good afternoon scoring two goals. He scored eleven goals in each of the two seasons he played in La Liga. A hat trick against CD Málaga on the third day of the 1984–85 season earned him the position of top scorer in the category. Over time, Macho with his goals became one of the most important players in the history of Real Murcia.

He finished his career at the team where he started his professional career, C.D.S. Vida, after a stint in Costa Rica with C.S. Cartaginés.[3]

International career

Figueroa made his debut for Honduras in 1980 and earned at least 28 caps, scoring 14 goals. He has represented his country in 19 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and was part of the 1982 FIFA World Cup squad in Spain, where he played all 3 matches.[4]

International goals
Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first.
N.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 April 1980Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca, Mexico Mexico1–5Friendly match
2.23 November 1980Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador El Salvador1–21–21982 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.14 December 1980Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Panama3–05–01982 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.14 December 1980Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Panama5–05–01982 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.3 November 1981Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Haiti4-04-01982 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.12 November 1981Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Canada2–12–11982 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.15 June 1984Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colón, Panama Panama2–03–01986 FIFA World Cup qualification
8.15 June 1984Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colón, Panama Panama3–03–01986 FIFA World Cup qualification
9.24 June 1984Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Panama1–01–01986 FIFA World Cup qualification
10.6 March 1985Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Suriname1–02–11986 FIFA World Cup qualification
11.6 March 1985Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Suriname2–02–11986 FIFA World Cup qualification
12.11 August 1985Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica Costa Rica1–02–21986 FIFA World Cup qualification
13.8 September 1985Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Costa Rica2–13–11986 FIFA World Cup qualification
14.8 September 1985Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Costa Rica3–13–11986 FIFA World Cup qualification

Managerial career

In October 2012, he was named sporting director of Honduran Second Division side Real Sociedad after he lived in the US for 14 years.[5]

Death

Figueroa died on 24 May 2020, in San Francisco, California, after going into cardiac arrest.

References
  1. Desafíe a Ismael Archived 28 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  2. "Luto en el fútbol de Honduras: Muere exfutbolista Roberto 'El Macho' Figueroa". Diario La Prensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  3. “El Macho” Figueroa entrenaría a reservas de Real Sociedad – Diez (in Spanish)
  4. José Figueroa – FIFA competition record (archived)
  5. El “Macho” Figueroa fichó con Real Sociedad – La Prensa (in Spanish)
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