José María Ardines Douglas (born August 7, 1968, in

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) is a retired

nian

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. Nicknamed ''chepe'', he is best known for being the all-time top scorer in the Panamanian national football league ANAPROF (now known as

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Club career

Eurokickers

''Chepe'' Ardines made his debut in ANAPROF for the

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season of the championship with Eurokickers where he enjoyed most of his success. ''Chepe'' played 12 seasons with the ''vikings'' until the team was relegated to Primera A in 2001 and only interumpting his stay during the ANAPROF 1992 offseason where he was part of Honduran side Marathón. With Eurokickers, Ardines scored a record high total of 191 goals, becoming the top-scorer for six consecutive seasons (

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- 1995-96) and also the player to have scored the most goals in a single season in

with 26 goals. On 20 December 1997, he scored a stunning 11 goals in a 13-2 thrashing of Ejecutivo Jrs. All of these records still stand today and are part of the goalscoring legacy left by Ardines in the national football league. Ardines was voted the league's most valuable player three times in

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and

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. He was also part of the side that was crowned champion in

. His 100th goal in ANAPROF was scored on November 13, 1994 against

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Gaspar Pérez in a 2-1 defeat of Eurokickers.

San Francisco & Alianza

After the relegation of Eurokickers in the 2000-01 season, Ardines was signed by

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. He enjoyed a short one-year spell in which he only scored a total of 4 goals, 3 in the

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and 1 in the

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championship. In 2002, he moved to Alianza where he also had a disappointing run scoring 2 goals for the

championship. After that short 6-month stay Adrines would not play in the ANAPROF again after scoring a record total of 197 in the league. He later joined Primera A side Orión for the

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season.

Orión

Ardines played his last season of his Panamanian football career with Orión of the Primera A in 2002.

International career

Unfortunately for Ardines, he never enjoyed the same success in the

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as he did with Eurokickers in ANAPROF. He was called up a couple of times between 1992 and 1996 where he only played friendly games but was never part of the team that played

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qualification matches. The main reason behind this is that he was competing with figures like

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and

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, all of whom were being successful internationally.

Honours

Club *ANAPROF:

Individual *ANAPROF Top Scorer:

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, 1994-95, 1995-96 *ANAPROF Most Valuable Player:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ardines, Jose 1968 births Living people Footballers from Panama City Men's association football forwards Panamanian men's footballers 20th-century Panamanian sportsmen Panama men's international footballers C.D. Marathón players San Francisco F.C. players Alianza F.C. (Panama) players Panamanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Honduras Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players Liga Panameña de Fútbol players