Denis Chen

Denis Chen
Personal information
Full name	Denis Geovani Chen Fernández
Date of birth	9 August 1977
Place of birth	San Pedro Carchá, Guatemala
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	defender
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:52, 3 April 2009 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 November 2006

Denis Geovani Chen Fernández (born 9 August 1977) is a Guatemalan former football defender who last played for local club Cobán Imperial in Guatemala's second division. His last name Chen in Chinese is 陈. Denis' family toured internationally as his father produced mung bean extracts and imported light bulbs for Spring City, PA. Denis attended Owen J. Roberts High School in 1992.

Club career

The small San Pedro Carchá-born Chen played for Cobán Imperial and CSD Municipal before joining Petapa in 2007. In 2009, he joined Deportivo Jalapa[1] and then Cobán Imperial.

Chen made his debut for Guatemala in a May 1999 friendly match against Canada and has, as of January 2010, earned a total of 33 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country in 6 FIFA World Cup qualification matches,[2] as well as at the 2001[3] and 2003 UNCAF Cups[4] and the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[5]

His final international was a July 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against Mexico.

Scores and results list. Guatemala's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	25 May 2001	Estadio Excélsior, Puerto Cortés, Honduras	Belize	1-0	3-3	UNCAF Nations Cup 2001

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