Ricardo Gabriel Canales Lanza (born 30 May 1982) is a Honduran former

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

er who plays as a

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

. A Honduran international since 2009, he represented his nation for two Gold Cups and

Fifa World Cup 2010 The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The bidding process for hosting the tournament finals was open only to ...

Club career

Nicknamed ''el Gato'' (The Cat), Canales made his debut in league on 16 May 2001 playing for

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India * Victoria (state), a state of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital * Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...

against

Real España Real may refer to: Currencies * Argentine real * Brazilian real (R$) * Central American Republic real * Mexican real * Portuguese real * Spanish real * Spanish colonial real Nature and science * Reality, the state of things as they exist, rath ...

. He was released from

Motagua The Motagua River () is a river in Guatemala. It rises in the Western Highlands of Guatemala and runs in an easterly direction to the Gulf of Honduras. The Motagua River basin covers an area of and is the largest in Guatemala. The Motagua Rive ...

just after he returned from playing with the

Honduras national football team The Honduras national football team () represents Honduras in men's international football. The team is governed by the Federación de Fútbol de Honduras (). They are nicknamed ''Los Catrachos'', ''La Bicolor,'' or ''La H''. Honduras has qu ...

in the

2010 FIFA World Cup The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national Association football, football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

and he returned to

. In July 2011 he signed for

Atlético Choloma Atlético Choloma is a Honduran football club that plays its home games at Estadio Rubén Deras in Choloma, Cortés. History Atlético Infop Known as ''Atlético Infop Atlético Infop was a Honduran football club based in Choloma, Honduras ...

, and after two years of participation the club was regulated to

Liga Nacional de Ascenso de Honduras Liga de Ascenso (Promotion League) is the second division of Honduran football; it was founded on 17 December 1979 as ''Segunda División'' (Second Division) and renamed ''Liga de Ascenso'' (Promotion League) on 21 July 2002. The league is divide ...

. In the year 2013 he rejoined F.C. Motagua on a one-year contract in which he only completed the Apertura tournament. He signed for

C.D.S. Vida Club Deportivo y Social Vida, or simply Vida, was a Honduran professional Association football, football club based in La Ceiba, Atlántida (department), Atlántida. The club last competed in the Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso, Liga Nacional d ...

at the start of the Clausura tournament after lack of playing time with F.C. Motagua, and was brought in to help the club fight regulation.

International International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations". International may also refer to: Music Albums * ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * ''International'' (New Order album), 2002 * ''International'' (The T ...
career

He made his debut for

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...

in a June 2009

friendly match An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, scrimmage, demonstration, training match, pre-season game, warmup match, or preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sport, sporting event whose prize money and impact on th ...

against

Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...

and has, as of July 2012, earned a total of 6 caps, scoring no goals. He was a non-playing squad member at both the

2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the tenth edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition, and the twentieth soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). It was played from July 3 to 26, 2009 in the United Stat ...

, the

and 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.Honduras Squad List
- FIFA

Honours

*Motagua : 2006–07 (A) : 2007 UNCAF

References

External links

CONMEBOL.com - Motagua squad Copa Sudamericana 2008
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Canales, Ricardo 1982 births Living people Footballers from La Ceiba Men's association football goalkeepers Honduran men's footballers 21st-century Honduran sportsmen Honduras men's international footballers 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2010 FIFA World Cup players 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup players C.D. Victoria players F.C. Motagua players Atlético Choloma players Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players

Club career

International International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations". International may also refer to: Music Albums * ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * ''International'' (New Order album), 2002 * ''International'' (The T ... career

Honours

References

External links

International International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations". International may also refer to: Music Albums * ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * ''International'' (New Order album), 2002 * ''International'' (The T ...
career