José Manuel Contreras

José Manuel "El Moyo" Contreras (born 19 January 1986) is a Guatemalan football midfielder who plays for Comunicaciones of the Guatemalan top division. He is also a member of the Guatemalan national team since 2006.

José Manuel Contreras
Personal information
Full name José Manuel Contreras
Date of birth (1986-01-19) January 19, 1986
Place of birth Jutiapa, Guatemala
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Comunicaciones
Number 10
Youth career
Comunicaciones
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Univ. Concepción 23 (2)
2012–2017 Comunicaciones 133 (39)
2017–2019 Antigua GFC 102 (5)
2020– Comunicaciones 13 (0)
National team‡
2006– Guatemala 78 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 September 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 January 2021

Contreras has also played for clubs Arsenal de Sarandí in Argentina and C.D. Universidad de Concepción in Chile, among other clubs.

Club career

Having begun his career at Comunicaciones in the Guatemalan top division, Contreras briefly played in the Primera División (second level) with Deportivo Achuapa,[1] and then returned to Comunicaciones where he played until July 2008, when he joined Arsenal de Sarandí. He made his debut for Arsenal on August 27, 2008 against Boca Juniors for the second leg of the Recopa Sudamericana, a match that ended 2–2 (3–5 aggregate in favor of Boca Juniors). Contreras came in at the beginning of the second half in substitution of Luciano Leguizamón, who left the pitch injured at the end of the first half.

In July 2009 it was rumored that Contreras would join Gimnasia de Jujuy of the Argentine 2nd division,[2] but then a move to Uruguayan side CA Fénix at the end of August 2009 was announced.[3] On 28 December 2009 he returned to Guatemala and signed with Xelajú MC.[4]

In June 2010 Contreras rejoined the club where he started his career, Comunicaciones.,[5] playing there for the entirety of the 2010–2011 season; one year later, in June 2011, he was signed by C.D. Universidad de Concepción,[6] and in August 2011 he made his debut scoring the third goal of his team's 3–0 win over Colo-Colo.[7]

International career

Contreras' debut match for the Guatemala senior side was against Haiti in August 2006, where he made an assist to Mario Rodríguez in a 1–1 draw. He scored his first international goal in the match versus El Salvador in the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

In 2008, Contreras played for the U-23 national team of Guatemala in the qualification rounds to the 2008 Olympic tournament, where he led the team to a 1–0 victory against Haiti and an upsetting 2–1 victory against Mexico. The Guatemalan team ended the group stage in first place earning a semifinal berth against Honduras in which they came short of qualifying, losing 6–5 on penalty kicks. After his performances throughout the tournament, he was named one of the "eleven best" in the tournament alongside teammate Carlos Castrillo.

International goals
Scores and results list. Guatemala's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
19 June 2007Home Depot Center, Carson, California, USA El Salvador1–01–02007 CONCACAF Gold Cup
210 September 2008Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala Cuba4–14–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
322 January 2013Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica Costa Rica1–11–12013 Copa Centroamericana
46 February 2013Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, USA Colombia1–31–4Friendly
514 August 2014Estadio Pensativo, Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala Nicaragua1–03–0Friendly

References
  1. PrensaLibre.com – José Contreras promete (in Spanish)
  2. (in Spanish) José Manuel Contreras firmó con Gimnasia de Jujuy Archived 2011-01-01 at the Wayback Machine – Guatezona
  3. José Manuel Contreras jugará en el Fénix de Uruguay Archived 2010-09-12 at the Wayback Machine – Guatezona (in Spanish)
  4. Cuadro Xelaju – Liga Nacional Guatemala
  5. José Manuel "El Moyo" Contreras vuelve a Comunicaciones Archived 2010-06-30 at the Wayback Machine – Radio Emisoras Unidas (in Spanish)
  6. (in Spanish) Source: "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-12. Retrieved 2011-08-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. (in Spanish) Source: http://www.goal.com/es-us/news/3538/guatemaltecos-por-el-mundo/2011/08/14/2620245/guatemaltecos-por-el-mundo-el-moyo-contreras-se-estrena-con
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