Andy Najar vs José Cardona
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.
José Cardona
Honduras · 1958–65 · ST
- Almanac rating
- 81
- Rank in Honduras
- #8 of 33
- Clubs
- C.D. Hibueras, Elche CF, Atlético Madrid
On 4 July 1965 he settled the Copa del Generalísimo final at the Bernabéu, a 65th-minute goal that beat Real Zaragoza 1-0 in front of 90,000 and gave Atlético Madrid their revenge for losing the same final a year earlier. That cup sat alongside the 1965-66 Spanish league title with Atlético, and before Madrid he had been the Segunda División's top scorer with 22 goals as Elche won promotion in 1958-59, going on to 24 top-flight goals for the club. Career record: club career at C.D. Hibueras, Elche CF, Atlético Madrid.
The verdict
The almanac puts José Cardona ahead by 1 rating point, 81 against 80.
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