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Fredy Thompson
Guatemalan professional footballer (born 1982)
Fredy Williams Thompson León (born June 2, 1982 in Puerto Barrios, Izabal) is a Guatemalan former professional footballer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fredy Williams Thompson León | ||
| Date of birth | (1982-06-02) June 2, 1982 (age 41) | ||
| Place of birth | Puerto Barrios, Guatemala | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2007 | Comunicaciones | 90 | (7) |
| 2007–2008 | Municipal | 25 | (0) |
| 2008 | Orizaba | 11 | (0) |
| 2008–2011 | Comunicaciones | 47 | (4) |
| 2014 | Coatepeque | 21 | (2) |
| 2014–2018 | Antigua GFC | 151 | (5) |
| 2019–2021 | Comunicaciones | 43 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2001–2015 | Guatemala[1] | 96 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 January 2021 | |||
Thompson started his career at Guatemalan giants Comunicaciones where he would stay for 7 years and captain the side. He then joined bitter rivals Municipal in 2007, but he was never accepted by the Rojos 'fans so he decided not to return after only one season.[2] A move to Europe with Inter Milan or Manchester United, or American Major League Soccer had been mentioned for some time, but he joined Mexican side Albinegros in 2008, only to return to the Cremas in June 2008.[3]
Thompson signed for Universidad SC in January 2019.[4]
Doping case and suspension
In February 2012, Thompson, alongside Comunicaciones teammates Adolfo Machado and Marvin Ceballos, was temporarily suspended from playing by FIFA after a positive test on the banned substance boldenone.[5] A second test done at a laboratory in Canada reconfirmed the positive doping test[6] and he was later suspended for two years, until 24 January 2014.[7]
He made his debut for the Guatemalan national team in a March 2001 friendly match against Trinidad & Tobago and went on to represent Guatemala during the 2006 World Cup qualification and 2010 World Cup qualification rounds.[8] As of January 2010, he had earned 81 caps, scoring no goals.[9]
He has also captained the national side in the absence of Carlos Ruiz.
On September 7, 2010 he scored his second international goal in a 2–0 win against El Salvador.[10]
On November 15, 2011 in a 2014 World Cup qualification match against Grenada, he scored his third goal to give Guatemala a 2–1 lead. The match ended 4–1.
- Definitivamente Thompson no llega a Comunicaciones Archived 2008-08-18 at the Wayback Machine - La Red Deportiva (in Spanish)
- Freddy Thompson ya entrena con Comunicaciones Archived 2009-09-08 at the Wayback Machine - La Red Deportiva (in Spanish)
- Fredy Thompson ya tiene equipo para el Torneo Clausura 2019, soy502.com, 9 January 2019
- FIFA prohíbe entrenar a Adolfo Machado inhabilitado por dopaje Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa (in Spanish)
- Segunda prueba reconfirma dopaje del panameño Adolfo Machado Archived 2018-11-09 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa (in Spanish)
- Machado es suspendido en Guatemala por dar positivo en prueba de dopaje Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa (in Spanish)
- Fredy Thompson at National-Football-Teams.com