San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Honduran football dresses in mourning. Luis Cruz, former defender of the Honduras national team at the 1982 World Cup in Spain, died Wednesday after several days of fighting against la Covid-19 pandemic.
The former Honduran football player was admitted to a medical center San Pedro Sula for days, but unfortunately today he lost the battle against the coronavirus a the 68 years old.
Luis Cruz was a defender who had a successful career in Honduran football.
He is remembered for his agility in jumping and his intuition to anticipate attackers; He was a highly technical player and had the virtue of being ambidextrous.
Trajectory
The former player is considered one of the best defenders of Honduran football. He played as a center or left defender and was in more than 340 National League games.
Aside from being a World Cup player with the Bicolor under the command of “Chelato” Uclés, the former Catracho player stood out with the shirt of Motagua, with which he made his debut in the Honduran National League.
He was also part of the Real España, Atlético Morazán and UniversityHe stated at the time that he had the conditions to succeed abroad, but unfortunately he could not make that dream come true.
Luis Cruz won two first division titles in the Honduran National League, one with the blue of Motagua and the other with the aurinegros of Real España.
Second ex-footballer to die of Covid-19
Besides former world champion Luis Cruz, the former Honduran player Jorge Humberto Zapata (42 years old), who played in National League teams such as Real España and Platense, died at sunrise this Wednesday from the corona virus.
Zapata lost the fight against the pandemic in a hospital in Tegucigalpa, where he was admitted.
The forward made his debut in the first division of catracho football in 1997 with the Real Spain shirt.
Born in Puerto Cortés, he also wore the Platense shirt, but only played two games in the 2001 Apertura tournament.
In addition, at the request of coach Hernán Martínez Garcia (QDDG), Jorge Zapata was part of the Deportes Savio team.