San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Honduran football is dressed in mourning. Luis Cruz, former defender of the Honduras national team at the 1982 World Cup in Spain, died on Wednesday, after several days of fighting against hima Covid-19 pandemic.
The former Honduran football player was hospitalized at a medical center in San Pedro Sula for a few days, but unfortunately today he lost the battle against coronavirus a 68 years old.
Luis Cruz was a defender who had a successful career in football in Honduras.
He is remembered for his agility in jumping and his intuition to anticipate attackers; He was an extremely technical player and had the virtue of being ambidextrous.
Trajectory
The former player is considered one of the best defenders in Honduran football. He played as a center or left defender and was in over 340 National League games.
In addition to being a Bicolor World Cup player under the command of “Chelato” Uclés, the former Catracho player stood out with his shirt. Motagua, with whom he made his debut in the National League of Honduras.
He was also part of Real España, Atlético Morazán and the UniversityAt the time, he said he had the conditions to succeed abroad, but unfortunately he could not fulfill that dream.
Luis Cruz has won two first division titles in the Honduran National League, one with the blue Motagua and the other with the aurinegreas Real España.
The second former footballer to die at Covid-19
In addition to 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 dawn this Wednesday due to the coronavirus.
Zapata lost the battle against the pandemic in a hospital in Tegucigalpa, where he had been hospitalized.
The striker made his debut in the first division of catracho football with the Real Spain shirt in 1997.
Born in Puerto Cortés, he also wore the Platense jersey, but played only two games in the 2001 Apertura Tournament.
In addition, Jorge Zapata was part of the Deportes Savio team at the request of coach Hernán Martínez Garcia (QDDG).