Danilo Galindo

Danilo Arturo Galindo (born 4 March 1963) is a retired Honduran football player who played for the national team in the 1980s and 90s.

Danilo Galindo
Personal information
Full name Danilo Arturo Galindo
Date of birth (1963-03-04) 4 March 1963
Place of birth La Ceiba, Honduras
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1986 Platense
1986–1987 Vida
1987–1992 Olimpia
1992–1993 León de Huánuco
1994 Herediano (0)
1994–1995 Ciclista Lima
1995–1997 Olimpia
1997–1998 Palestino
International career
1985–1991 Honduras 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Nicknamed Pollo (Chicken), Galindo played for Honduran sides Platense, Vida, Olimpia and Palestino as well as in Peru for León de Huánuco and Ciclista Lima.[1] He also played alongside compatriot Nicolás Suazo at Herediano in Costa Rica,[2] he did not score a goal for the club.[3] He played with Nahúm Espinoza, Alex Pineda Chacón, Belarmino Rivera, Juan Carlos Espinoza and Eugenio Dolmo Flores in the Olimpia and they won the CONCACAF Champions League in 1988.[4]

International career

Galindo made his debut for Honduras in a September 1985 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Canada and has earned a total of 9 caps,[5] scoring no goals. He has represented his country in only that one FIFA World Cup qualification match[6] and played at the 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup.[7]

His final international was a May 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Guatemala.

Retirement

Galindo moved to the United States in 2000 to find a job as a painter in Boca Raton.

Personal life

Pollo is son of Asunción and Mercedes Galindo and he is married to Ángela Jiménez de Galindo. He has 2 daughters Ingrid Daniella and Ana Maria and 1 son Danilo Armando Galindo .

Honours and awards

Club
C.D. Olimpia

References
  1. Desafíe a Ismael - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  2. Costa Rica como destino - Nación (in Spanish)
  3. Con Saúl Martínez llegan a 20 los hondureños en futbol tico - Nación (in Spanish)
  4. (in Spanish)
  5. Desafíe a Ismael Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  6. Danilo Galindo – FIFA competition record (archived)
  7. UNCAF Tournament 1991 - RSSSF
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