Roby Alberto Norales Núñez (born 25 January 1991), is a Honduran

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who plays for Honduran club Mukura Victory Sports F.C. as a forward.

Club career

Roby made his

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debut for F.C. Motagua on 28 August 2011 under head coach

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against Platense F.C. His first goal came against C.D. Victoriaon 13 November the same year, where he went on to score 2 goals at the Estadio Nacional.

Bengaluru

On 7 January 2017, Norales signed for Indian

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champions,

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. However, after 4 games, he was loaned out to

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team

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. He scored only 1 goal with the club in the league.

Platense

After unsuccessful stint in India, Norales rejoined Platense in 2017–18 season.

Mukura Victory

After a failed spell at Kosovo with

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, Norales joined Mukura Victory in Rwanda for the 2020 season.

International career

He was summoned for the first time to the Honduras national team in August 2012 for matches against

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in 2014 World Cup Qualifiers. On 3 November 2016 he made his international debut in a friendly against

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, coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute of the match. On 4 November 2016 he received a call by Jorge Luis Pinto for games against

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and

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for the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers.

Personal life

Born in Rio Esteban, a village 20 km from

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he came to

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in 2009 to play football and joined the youth team of F.C. Motagua. Honduras national team striker Romell Quioto is his cousin.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Norales, Roby 1991 births Living people Honduran men's footballers 21st-century Honduran sportsmen Honduran expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players Indian Super League players F.C. Motagua players C.D. Real Sociedad players Platense F.C. players Bengaluru FC players Ozone FC players Juventud de Las Piedras players KF Liria Prizren players Honduras men's international footballers Honduran expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala Honduran expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala Expatriate men's footballers in India Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay Expatriate men's footballers in Kosovo Expatriate men's footballers in Rwanda Footballers from Colón Department (Honduras)