Rudis Alberto Corrales Rivera (born November 6, 1979) is a retired

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Club career

Corrales' professional career began in 1997, when he signed a contract with Municipal Limeño. He officially made his debut that same year on November 29, in a league match against Dragón. On September 9, 2007 in a league match against Alianza F.C. Corrales became only the seventh person is Salvadoran league history to score 100 goals, a feat which has only been matched by Salvadoran greats

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, Williams Reyes, Emiliano Pedrozo, Adonai Martínez, Hugo Coria and David Arnoldo Cabrera. On December 19, 2010, it was announced that he had signed a two-year contract with Alianza. In January 2012, Corrales joined Dragón. In April 2012 he suffered a stroke which partially paralyzed his face. He played with CD Aguiluchos USA in Oakland, CA. He scored on a free kick in the 90th minute 15.03.14 to win the match a US Open Cup Qualifier.

International career

Corrales made his debut for

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in a May

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match against

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and has, as of December 2010, earned a total of 71 caps, scoring 16 goals. He represented his country in 20

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matches and played at the

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and

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s as well as at the

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and

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match against

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, Corrales became the first player in

history to score five goals in a World Cup qualifier. The previous record was held by legendary

striker

, who had scored four goals against

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in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers. He scored his most memorable goal in a

match against

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on September 9, 2009. Scoring a goal at the 90th minute that gave life back to El Salvador in this Qualification Stage.

Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Corrales goal.''

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- El Gráfico {{DEFAULTSORT:Corrales, Rudis 1979 births Living people People from Morazán Department Men's association football forwards El Salvador men's international footballers Salvadoran men's footballers 21st-century Salvadoran sportsmen 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players C.D. Águila footballers Alianza F.C. (El Salvador) footballers