Junior Josué Sandoval López (born October 13, 1990) is a Honduran

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who currently plays for Kalonji Pro-Profile in the

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Career

Youth and College

Sandoval grew up in

Alpharetta, Georgia Alpharetta is a city in northern Fulton County, Georgia, United States, and part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, Alpharetta's population was 65,818; in 2010, the population had been 57,551. History In the 1830s, ...

and attended Centennial High School in

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before playing a year of college soccer at

Georgia Perimeter College Perimeter College at Georgia State University is a college of Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. Georgia Perimeter College was originally a public community college founded by an Atlanta area county board of education before merging w ...

. He was the Jaguars' leading scorer as a freshman with 29 points on nine goals and 11 assists, and was named to the NJCAA All-Region First Team. Sandoval also played two seasons with

Atlanta FC Atlanta Soccer Club was an American soccer team based in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 2007 as Atlanta FC, it became the reserve team of the Atlanta Silverbacks in 2011, and licensed the name of the first team when it folded in 2016. On January ...

of the

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, including their

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match against

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in 2009.

Professional

Sandoval left college early and joined

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on February 17, 2010. He made his professional debut on April 18, 2010, in a

2010 CFU Club Championship The 2010 CFU Club Championship was the 12th edition of the CFU Club Championship, the annual international club football competition in the Caribbean region, held amongst clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the Caribbean Football ...

game against

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an side

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. Puerto Rico loaned Sandoval to

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of the

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on March 31, 2011. Puerto Rico ended Sandoval's loan to Atlanta on August 12, 2011. Sandoval returned to Atlanta and joined the

Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves Atlanta Soccer Club was an American soccer team based in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 2007 as Atlanta FC, it became the reserve team of the Atlanta Silverbacks in 2011, and licensed the name of the first team when it folded in 2016. On January ...

for the first part of the 2012 season. After 4 games, he signed for Marathón in his native Honduras. In January 2016, Sandoval signed with

Jacksonville Armada FC Jacksonville Armada FC is an American professional soccer team based in Jacksonville, Florida. They were founded in 2013 as an expansion franchise in the North American Soccer League (NASL), the second tier of American soccer, and played unt ...

of the NASL. Following the 2016, he signed to play the 2017 season for

California United FC II California United Strikers FC is an American professional soccer club based in Orange County, California. History The club was founded by Bronwyn & Pete Capriotti and Michael Collins, who have had connections to the adult amateur United Premie ...

. After being released from the

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following the

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, Sandoval returned to Georgia to play with

club Kalonji Pro-Profile.

Honors

Puerto Rico Islanders

CFU Club Championship The Caribbean Club Championship, also known as the CFU Club Championship or CFU Club Champions' Cup, was an annual international football competition held amongst association football clubs that are members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). ...

Winner (1):

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

References

External links

Georgia Perimeter bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sandoval, Junior 1990 births Living people People from Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras Men's association football midfielders Honduran men's footballers 21st-century Honduran sportsmen Puerto Rico Islanders players Atlanta Silverbacks FC players C.D. Marathón players Perimeter College at Georgia State University alumni Expatriate men's footballers in Puerto Rico Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States USSF Division 2 Professional League players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players Jacksonville Armada FC players Jaguares de Córdoba footballers Junior college men's soccer players in the United States Memphis 901 FC players Las Vegas Lights FC players USL Championship players United Premier Soccer League players