Héctor Ramón Zelaya Rivera (born 12 August 1958) is a retired Honduran

Honduras

Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...

 football player.

Club career

Nicknamed Pecho de Águila, he played in defense or midfield for C.D. Motagua. He also played at Deportivo de La Coruña

Deportivo de La Coruña

Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña is a professional football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia; founded in 1906 and currently playing in Segunda División...

. He made his professional debut in the Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional de Futbol de Honduras

Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras is the first and highest division of football in Honduras. The league season is divided into Opening and Closing . One team is relegated to the Liga de Ascenso and one team is promoted from Liga de Ascenso...

 on 7 March 1976 wearing the Motagua jersey in the 1–0 win against Campamento

Atlético Olanchano

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.

International career

Zelaya played three games for Honduras U-20 at the 1977 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Tunisia.

He then played in 7 World Cup qualifying matches in 1980 and 1981
, taking Honduras to their first ever World Cup.

He is most famous for his goal against Spain

Spain national football team

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 at the 1982 FIFA World Cup

1982 FIFA World Cup

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, putting the "Catrachos"

Honduras national football team

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 1-0 up against the hosts in Valencia

Valencia (city in Spain)

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in their first game. Eventually, Spain needed a penalty to equalise.

External links

• El gol más "bonito" del mundo - La Tribuna
• Un día muy especial - ESPN