Andy Najar vs Ramón Maradiaga
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.
Ramón Maradiaga
Honduras · 1981–2001 · CM
- Almanac rating
- 81
- Rank in Honduras
- #9 of 33
- Caps
- 47 · 1 goals
- Clubs
- F.C. Motagua, C.D. Águila, C.D. Tenerife
Honduras led the hosts in Valencia on 16 June 1982, Héctor Zelaya scoring inside eight minutes with Maradiaga captaining the midfield, and Spain needed a 65th-minute penalty to save the point. That team had reached the World Cup by winning the 1981 CONCACAF Championship at home, and Maradiaga's own record holds 47 caps, a league title with Motagua, and third place at the 2001 Copa América, taken from the bench as national coach. Career record: 47 caps and 1 goals for Honduras; club career at F.C. Motagua, C.D. Águila, C.D. Tenerife.
The verdict
The almanac puts Ramón Maradiaga ahead by 1 rating point, 81 against 80.
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