Andy Najar vs Noel Valladares
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.
Noel Valladares
Honduras · 2010–14 · GK
- Almanac rating
- 82
- Rank in Honduras
- #6 of 33
- Clubs
- F.C. Motagua, C.D. Olimpia
Sixteen years in the Honduras goal produced 135 caps for Valladares, and the pick of them came at the 2010 World Cup, where he shut out Switzerland and was named man of the match. He was voted best goalkeeper of the 2011 Gold Cup, kept goal at both the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, and won nine Honduran league titles with Olimpia. Career record: club career at F.C. Motagua, C.D. Olimpia.
The verdict
The almanac puts Noel Valladares ahead by 2 rating points, 82 against 80.
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