José Norberto Huezo Montoya (born 6 June 1956) is a retired football player from El Salvador

El Salvador

El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...

 who represented his country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

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Club career

Huezo started his career at UES

C.D. Universidad de El Salvador

Club Deportivo Universidad de El Salvador, commonly known as UES, is a professional football team in El Salvador.Universidad represents the University of El Salvador , the largest and oldest university in El Salvador....

 and played for ANTEL before joining Atlético Marte in 1976. He then had a spell in Mexican football but returned to Marte only to try his luck abroad again when he moved to Spanish side Cartagena

Cartagena FC

Cartagena Fútbol Club is a Spanish football team based in Cartagena, in the autonomous community of Murcia. Founded in 1940, it plays in Tercera División - Group 13, holding home games at Ciudad Deportiva Gómez Meseguer, with a capacity of 2,000 seats....

. He also played for Palencia

Palencia CF

Palencia Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football club based in Palencia, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1960, it held home games at Estadio La Balastera, with a 13,468-seat capacity.-History:...

 and Valencia

Valencia CF

Valencia Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in Valencia, Spain. They play in La Liga and are one of the most successful and biggest clubs in Spanish Football and European Football. Valencia have won six La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey trophies, two Fairs Cups which was the...

 but returned to Marte again in 1985.
He left after a year for Costa Rican outfit Herediano

Club Sport Herediano

Club Sport Herediano is a football club based in Heredia, Costa Rica. The team plays in the Primera División and is one of the oldest in the country.-History:...

 with whom he won a league title and then for Guatemalan side Jalapa. He finished his career at FAS.

International career

Nicknamed Pajarito (little bird), Huezo was one of the members that participated for the first time at the Pan American Games

Pan American Games

The Pan-American or Pan American Games are a major event in the Americas featuring summer and formerly winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Pan American Games are the second largest multi-sport event after the Summer Olympics...

. It was the VII (7) Pan American Games

Football at the 1975 Pan American Games

The seventh edition of the football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in four cities in Mexico: Mexico City , Guadalajara, Toluca, and Puebla, from October 13 to October 25, 1975. Thirteen teams competed in a round-robin competition, with Argentina defending the title...

 hosted in Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

. El Salvador participated in a group against , and . They debuted with a 4–1 score against Nicaragua on Oct. 14 with 3 goals from Huezo. Although they could not proceed to the next stage at third place in Group D.

He has represented his country in 22 FIFA World Cup qualification

FIFA World Cup qualification

The FIFA World Cup qualification is the process that a national association football team goes through to qualify for the FIFA World Cup Finals. The FIFA World Cup is a global event, so qualification is required to reduce the large field of participants from about 200 to 32.Qualifying tournaments...

 matches and played in all three games at the 1982 World Cup Finals.

Huezo scored 16 goals for the El Salvador national football team

El Salvador national football team

El Salvador's national football team represents El Salvador in international football and is sanctioned by the Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol . In 1899, Santa Ana and San Salvador met for the first hosted football game in El Salvador...

 from 1973 to 1987.

Honours

Atlético Marte

• • Primera División de Fútbol Profesional
    Primera División de Fútbol Profesional
    The Primera División of the ' , more commonly known as La Liga Mayor or La Primera, is the top professional football league in El Salvador. It was established in 1969 and as of 2011 has 10 clubs...
    
    (2): 1981, 1985 Club Sport Herediano
    Club Sport Herediano
    Club Sport Herediano is a football club based in Heredia, Costa Rica. The team plays in the Primera División and is one of the oldest in the country.-History:...
    
    
  • Primera División de Costa Rica
    Primera División de Costa Rica
    Primera División de Costa Rica is a professional league for association football clubs in Costa Rica. At the top of the Costa Rican league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 12 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Segunda División...
    
    (1): 1987

External links

• La Prensa Profile