Erick Roberto Miranda Chonay (born 17 December 1971) is a Guatemalan former professional

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er who played as a defender. He spent most of his career for

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of the Guatemala n premier division and was a member of the Guatemala national team for ten years making 69 appearances.

Club career

Miranda spent the majority of his career playing at local giants

where he was club captain. He also had a spell at Deportivo Heredia in the 2004–05 season but returned to the ''Cremas'' in January 2006 for a short, second, spell before moving to second division side

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. In September 2007 he joined fellow second division team Sanarate and in March 2009 Deportivo San Pedro were looking to acquiring his services.

International career

A national team stalwart for over 10 years, Miranda made his debut for

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in a May 1991

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match against

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and has earned a total of 69 caps, scoring 2 goals. He has represented his country in 19

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matches and played at 5 UNCAF Nations Cups as well as at 4

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s. His final international was a May 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup match against

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Post-playing career

In 2010 Miranda is Football Instructor at the Ministry of Sport and Recreation.DIRECCION GENERAL DEL DEPORTE Y LA RECREACION
- MINISTERIO DE CULTURA Y DEPORTES

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Guatemala's goal tally first.''

References

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* 1971 births Living people People from Escuintla Department Guatemalan men's footballers Guatemala men's international footballers 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Comunicaciones F.C. players Men's association football defenders {{Guatemala-footy-bio-stub