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Edy Vásquez
Honduran footballer (1983-2007)
Edy Rafael Vásquez Andrade (October 31, 1983 – May 12, 2007) was a Honduran football midfielder, who played for F.C. Motagua.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edy Rafael Vásquez Andrade | ||
| Date of birth | (1983-10-31)31 October 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Tegucigalpa, Honduras | ||
| Date of death | 12 May 2007(2007-05-12) (aged 23) | ||
| Place of death | Tegucigalpa, Honduras | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2007 | Motagua | 63 | (7) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2006 | Honduras | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2007-05-12 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2007 | |||
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.
- Lo que se ama, nunca muere Archived 2013-06-16 at archive.today - La Tribuna (in Spanish)
- Futbolista hondureño Edy Vásquez murió en un accidente de tránsito - Terra (in Spanish)
- Luto en familia azul, con muerte de futbolista Edy Rafael Vásquez Archived 2013-06-16 at archive.today - La Tribuna (in Spanish)
- Edy Vásquez at National-Football-Teams.com
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