Luis Alfonso Henríquez Ledezma (born 23 November 1981) is a Panamanian former professional

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who played as a

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. He is currently the assistant coach of Polish club

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Club career

Nicknamed ''Coco'', Henríquez played for Sporting '89 and Árabe Unido in Panama before moving abroad to play for Colombian side

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. After 2 seasons back in Panama with Tauro he joined Polish giants

Lech Poznań Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation's highest division. ...

in 2007 for a lengthy spell. He was released by Lech in summer 2015 after 8 years with the club. Henríquez returned to Tauro in September 2015.

International career

Henríquez made his debut for

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in an August 2003

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against

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and has, as of 10 June 2015, earned a total of 75 caps, scoring 2 goals. He represented his country in 26

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matches and was a member of the

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team, who finished second in the tournament. He also played at the

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and

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International goals

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

Honours

Árabe Unido *

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

Tauro * Liga Panameña de Fútbol: 2007 (A) Lech Poznań *

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: 2009–10, 2014–15 *

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: 2008–09 Polonia Środa Wielkopolska * Polish Cup (Greater Poland regionals): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22 * Polish Cup (Poznań regionals): 2017–18, 2018–19 Szturm Junikowo * Regional league Greater Poland II: 2022–23 * Polish Cup (Poznań regionals): 2022–23 Panama *

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runner-up:

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

; third place:

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Henriquez, Luis 1981 births Living people Footballers from Panama City Men's association football defenders Panamanian men's footballers 21st-century Panamanian sportsmen Panama men's international footballers 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Copa América Centenario players Sporting San Miguelito players C.D. Árabe Unido players Envigado F.C. players Tauro F.C. players Lech Poznań players Lech Poznań II players Polonia Środa Wielkopolska players Categoría Primera A players Ekstraklasa players III liga players Panamanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Poland