Andy Najar vs Emilio Izaguirre
Honduras against Honduras. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.
Andy Najar
Honduras · 2014–25 · RM
- Almanac rating
- 80
- Rank in Honduras
- #10 of 33
- Caps
- 53 · 5 goals
- Clubs
- D.C. United, C.D. Olimpia, Nashville SC
Eleven days after his seventeenth birthday he made his D.C. United debut, and that season ended with him voted MLS Rookie of the Year; four years later he opened the scoring against Arsenal in Brussels before two Arsenal goals in the last two minutes took the game away. Three Belgian league titles with Anderlecht, two Super Cups, the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, 65 caps for Honduras and the 2025 U.S. Open Cup with Nashville. Career record: 53 caps and 5 goals for Honduras; club career at D.C. United, C.D. Olimpia, Nashville SC.
Emilio Izaguirre
Honduras · 2010–18 · LB
- Almanac rating
- 81
- Rank in Honduras
- #7 of 33
- Clubs
- F.C. Motagua, Celtic
Celtic paid £650,000 for him in August 2010, and by the end of that season his fellow professionals had voted him PFA Scotland Players' Player of the Year, the first Honduran to win it. Seven Scottish league titles followed between 2011-12 and 2018-19, along with three Scottish Cups, two League Cups, and 111 caps for Honduras taking in the 2010 and 2014 World Cups. Career record: club career at F.C. Motagua, Celtic.
The verdict
The almanac puts Emilio Izaguirre ahead by 1 rating point, 81 against 80.
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