José Roberto Figueroa


José Roberto Figueroa Padilla, also known as Macho, was a Honduran footballer who played as a forward, in Honduras for F.C. Motagua, C.D.S. Vida and in Spain for Real Murcia and Hércules CF. He also represented Honduras at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Macho Figueroa was a forward. One of his best technical movements was a powerful shot. After a great participation with Honduras in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, his services were acquired by Real Murcia of the Spanish Second Division. By dint of goals, Figueroa contributed to his team when it returned to La Liga. His league debut was against Real Sociedad where he had a good afternoon scoring two goals. He scored eleven goals in each of the two seasons he played in La Liga. A hat trick against CD Málaga on the third day of the 1984–85 season earned him the position of top scorer in the category. Over time, Macho with his goals became one of the most important players in the history of Real Murcia.
He finished his career at the team where he started his professional career, C.D.S. Vida, after a stint in Costa Rica with C.S. Cartaginés.

International career

Figueroa made his debut for Honduras in 1980 and earned at least 28 caps, scoring 14 goals. He has represented his country in 19 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and was part of the 1982 FIFA World Cup squad in Spain, where he played all 3 matches.

International goals

DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 April 1980Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca, Mexico1–5Friendly match
2.23 November 1980Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador1–21–21982 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.14 December 1980Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras3–05–01982 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.14 December 1980Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras5–05–01982 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.3 November 1981Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras4-04-01982 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.12 November 1981Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras2–12–11982 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.15 June 1984Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colón, Panama2–03–01986 FIFA World Cup qualification
8.15 June 1984Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colón, Panama3–03–01986 FIFA World Cup qualification
9.24 June 1984Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras1–01–01986 FIFA World Cup qualification
10.6 March 1985Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras1–02–11986 FIFA World Cup qualification
11.6 March 1985Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras2–02–11986 FIFA World Cup qualification
12.11 August 1985Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica1–02–21986 FIFA World Cup qualification
13.8 September 1985Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras2–13–11986 FIFA World Cup qualification
14.8 September 1985Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras3–13–11986 FIFA World Cup qualification

Managerial career

In October 2012, he was named sporting director of Honduran Second Division side Real Sociedad after he lived in the US for 14 years.

Death

Figueroa died on 24 May, 2020, in San Francisco, California, after going into cardiac arrest.