HONDURAS NATIONAL TEAM
Olympic Games “SYDNEY 2000”
Honduras vs Italy
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Paez Carlos
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Paez played for the Honduras national football team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He made his senior debut for Honduras in a May 2000 friendly match against Canada and has earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His second and final international was a March 2001 friendly match against Peru. In April 2001, Paes, son of Olimpia’s former Brazilian striker Ernesto Paes de Oliveira and Elvira Bustillo, was arrested by police in La Ceiba for carrying cocaine with him in his car. He denied however he had anything to do with the drugs but was sent to jail awaiting his court case. Eventually he was released and the case was never solved.
HONDURAS NATIONAL TEAM
2001-2002
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Guevara Amado
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Guevara made his debut for Honduras in a May 1994 Miami Cup match against Peru and has earned a total of 138 caps, scoring 27 goals. He has represented his country in 49 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at 5 UNCAF Nations Cups as well as at the 1998, 2000 and 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cups. His final international was a June 2010 FIFA World Cup match against eventual winners Spain. He was named the tournament MVP after leading Honduras to a surprise third-place finish in the 2001 Copa América. Honduras (a last minute call-up when Argentina dropped out a day before kickoff on 11 July 2001) arrived after the tournament started, just few hours before its first game with barely enough players. In the quarterfinal round, Honduras defeated Brazil (the favorite to win the tournament) by a score of 2–0. The defeat sent Brazil home and Honduras advanced to the semifinals. Guevara helped lead Honduras through the qualification to the 2010 FIFA World Cup and captained the team at only their second appearance at a World Cup tournament.