Júnior Lacayo

Júnior Lacayo
Personal information
Full name	Júnior Alberto Lacayo Rochez
Date of birth	19 August 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	La Ceiba, Honduras
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Marathón
Number	18
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2013	Victoria
2013–2017	Santos Laguna II
2015–2016	→ Victoria (loan)
2016–2017	→ Tampico Madero (loan)
2017–2018	Marathón
2018–2020	Olimpia
2021–2022	Comunicaciones
2022	Real España
2023–	Marathón
International career‡
2022–	Honduras
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:52, 12 May 2023 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:01, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

Junior Alberto Lacayo Rochez (born 19 August 1995) is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a striker for Marathón and the Honduras national team

Club career

Club Deportivo Victoria

At the age of 16, Lacayo made his professional debut on 29 July 2012, against Motagua as a substitute for Rubén Licona.^[1] He was regarded by some people as heir to legendary Honduran striker Milton Tyson Núñez.^[2] In May 2013 Lacayo started a trial period with English Premier League side, West Ham United.^[3] In total, Lacayo scored nine goals in 23 appearances for Victoria.^[4]

International career

At the age of 17, Lacayo was called up by Luis Fernando Suárez to play against Panama and Canada in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers but did not play either games.^[5]

In 2013, Lacayo was called up again to play in the 2013 Copa Centroamericana^[6] and in the Central American Games^[7] but did not play either tournaments.

Lacayo was one of 20 players Honduras called up for the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.^[8]

Honours

Comunicaciones

CONCACAF League: 2021

References

^ "((Audio)) Héctor Vargas "El techo de Junior Lacayo es muy alto" | Fútbol de Honduras". 7 May 2013.
^ Júnior Lacayo, el heredero de Tyson que cumple un sueño Archived 28 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa (in Spanish)
^ Dickinson, James (9 May 2013). "West Ham offer trial to Honduran starlet". Www.express.co.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
^ "Júnior Lacayo, cuarto jaibo en la liga mexicana" (in Spanish). Diario Deportivo Mas. 6 July 2013. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
^ Honduras convoca a delantero de 16 años - EDH Deportes (in Spanish)
^ "Mitchel Brown y Júnior Lacayo, las sorpresas en Honduras". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
^ "Selección hondureña es de oro". Archived from the original on 16 March 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
^ "Honduras convocó 20 jugadores para encarar el premundial" (in Spanish). Diario Deportivo Mas. 27 December 2014.

External links

Júnior Lacayo at Soccerway

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[1] "((Audio)) Héctor Vargas "El techo de Junior Lacayo es muy alto" | Fútbol de Honduras". 7 May 2013.

[2] Júnior Lacayo, el heredero de Tyson que cumple un sueño Archived 28 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa (in Spanish)

[Whu_trial-3] Dickinson, James (9 May 2013). "West Ham offer trial to Honduran starlet". Www.express.co.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2013.

[4] "Júnior Lacayo, cuarto jaibo en la liga mexicana" (in Spanish). Diario Deportivo Mas. 6 July 2013. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.

[5] Honduras convoca a delantero de 16 años - EDH Deportes (in Spanish)

[6] "Mitchel Brown y Júnior Lacayo, las sorpresas en Honduras". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.

[7] "Selección hondureña es de oro". Archived from the original on 16 March 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.

[8] "Honduras convocó 20 jugadores para encarar el premundial" (in Spanish). Diario Deportivo Mas. 27 December 2014.

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