Erick Norales


Erick Zenón Norales Casildo is a Honduran football defender who plays for Platense.

Club career

Currently under reconstruction
Norales Began his professional career with C.D. Vida in 2002 to 2006 in his hometown of La Ceida, making 80 league appearances and scoring seven goals at the onset of his club career.from 2006 to 2011 Norales Appeared in 118 league matches for powerhouse club Marathón, helping the squad to three straight Apertura season titles ... During the 2010-11 season played every minute of team’s eight games in CONCACAF Champions League competition, including 2-1 home wins against Seattle Sounders FC and C.D. Saprissa... For the 2009-10 CONCACAF Champions League he played all 90 minutes in group-opening 3-1 home win against D.C. United, Marathón’s third straight victory over the MLS side … Turned in 90-minute performances in last two group fixtures, back-to-back victories that lifted Marathón into the quarterfinals for the second consecutive year... During the 2008-09 he was part of Marathón squad that won their group in CONCACAF Champions League and advanced to Quarterfinals … Played all but 22 minutes in highly successful six-game group stage campaign that featured a home-and-away sweep against D.C. United as well as wins against Mexican giants Cruz Azul and Costa Rican side C.D. Saprissa … Scored in two of those games; headers at home against D.C. United and at Cruz Azul. Norales Headed across the Pacific alongside fellow Honduran countryman Astor Henriquez and Emil Martinez for the 2012 season with Hunan Billows in the Chinese Jia League. He Made a return to his first professional club, C.D. Vida for the 2013 season, during the Honduran Liga Nacional’s Apertura season in the fall, logging the full 720 minutes and notching a pair of goals across his eight appearances … Returned to his former side Marathón for the Liga Nacional’s Clausura season in January, making 17 appearances while logging 1,448 minutes.
On 10 February 2016, Norales signed for newly formed NASL team Rayo OKC.

International career

He was part of the Honduran U-20 team at the 2005 World Youth Championship in the Netherlands.
He made his senior debut for the national side in an April 2007 friendly match against Haiti and has, as of January 2013, earned a total of 29 caps, scoring 2 goals. He has represented his country in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 2009, and 2011 UNCAF Nations Cups as well as at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
On 20 March 2008 Norales converted the final penalty kick in the semi finals of the 2008 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying tournament, to guarantee qualification to the 2008 Olympic Games for Honduras. He would eventually play two matches at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

International goals

DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.28 June 2009WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, United States2–02–0friendly match
2.7 September 2010Stade Saputo, Montreal, Canada1–11–2friendly match