Ricardo Emir James Rayo (born May 7, 1966) is a Panamanian former

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Club career

James played for local side

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but never in the ANAPROF league, since he spent most of his career in Honduras playing for Platense and Olimpia. He yielded a humorous goal to

Wilmer Velásquez Wilmer Raynel Neal Velásquez (born April 28, 1972) is a retired Honduran footballer who played as a forward. He was regarded as one of the greatest footballers in Honduran soccer for Olimpia, and by foremost as the nation's greatest striker e ...

while playing for Platense in the 1998–99 season. He retired aged 40, after winning a 5th Honduran league title with Olimpia.‘Sin disciplina ni trabajo, uno no puede lograr nada en la vida’
– Crítica

International career

James made his debut for

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in a March

1993 UNCAF Nations Cup The 1993 UNCAF Nations Cup was the second edition of the UNCAF Nations Cup, the football championship of Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol (UNCAF). Preliminary round Squads :For a complete list of all participating squads see ''1993 UNCAF N ...

match against Honduras and has earned a total of 43 caps, scoring no goals. He represented his country in 17

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matches and played at the

1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the second edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). The format of the tournament stayed the same as in 1991: eight teams were broken up in ...

. His final international was an August 2004

match against

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Retirement

After retiring, James became goalkeeping coach at PlatenseRicardo James o Anthony Torres, uno regresará al Platense
– Diez and later Sporting San Miguelito.

Honours and awards

Club

;C.D. Platense *

Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras Liga Betcris de Honduras (''Honduran National Professional Football League'') is the highest division of football in Honduras. The league season is divided into Opening (autumn) and Closing (spring). One team is relegated to the Liga de Ascenso ...

(1): 2000–01 *

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(2):

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1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

;C.D. Olimpia *

(2): 2005–06 A, 2005–06 C

References

External links

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Señor Arquero, Ricardo James (Bio)
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