Denil Maldonado


Denil Omar Maldonado Munguía is a Honduran footballer who plays as a right back for C.F. Pachuca in the Liga MX on loan from Motagua.

Club career

Motagua

Maldonado started his professional career with F.C. Motagua under the management of Diego Vásquez. His debut was on 6 September 2015 in the 2–4 home defeat against C.D. Real Sociedad. He scored his first league goal on 2 December 2018 in a semifinal match against Platense F.C..
On 19 January 2020, Maldonado joined Mexican team C.F. Pachuca on a year long loan, with an option to buy once six months have passed.

International career

Under-17

Maldonado represented Honduras at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.

Under-20

The Honduras national under-20 football team participated in the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games in Colombia. Maldonado played in all five games and scored a goal against Trinidad and Tobago.

Senior

He made his debut for Honduras national football team on 5 September 2019 in a friendly against Puerto Rico, as a starter.

Personal life

On 14 February 2017, his older brother Alex Maldonado was murdered inside a public transit bus in Tegucigalpa.