About three years have passed since Honduran Marvin Chavez he played his last official game as a professional footballer when he was at his door retirement domiciled in the United States to them 37 years, however, 2021 It has brought new challenges and opportunities to your career.
“Son of the Wind” was hired by Cedritos FC, new tenant of the Honduras Football Ascension League, an unexpected transfer back to their lands.
In an interview with ZECE, Chávez he explained the reasons that led him to return to football in Honduras and why Cedritos FC and not another high-level team, as in First divisions.
“I am happy and grateful to God for this opportunity. It is a good project, something important is why I am here. I am here for the people who take their hats off to them,” Marvin Chávez said of the club’s owners and brothers. José and Carlos Sánchez, natives of Orocuina, Choluteca living in the USA.
And he made it clear that it was not about money. “As a person I feel appreciated and respected for my career, they are people who have trusted me from the beginning. Wherever they have invited me, I do not go for money, but for friendship. I am here for the great friendship on who gave it to me “, he clarified the fast footballer.
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THE EPISODE NEVER FORGOTTEN
As explained andWorld Cup with Honduras in Brazil 2014, when he was active in el Marathon in 2017 “I was devastated” and that few people came to offer their support and there appeared brothers Sanchez.
“There are times when someone wanted moral help, a – don’t fall in love with him, count on me, I heard the news from your sister. God introduced me to those people and I want to thank them for trusting me. to come to a humble city, to fight and to aspire to many things, I didn’t think too much to accept “, he commented.
-Do I have more friendship than the money I could give him? -, I asked him: “The truth is that yes, friendship is worth more than the money I can offer. The managers approached me and told me that they would pay me. They gave me numbers, but I told them that I do not come for money, in my contract they could put zero, but not for money, I come out of gratitude, for moral support.
Clock: Marvin Chávez returns to football in the Honduras Promotion League
A NEW CHALLENGE
In recent years, the native of the Garífuna community of Sambo Creek who has played for teams such as FC Dallas, San José or Chivas USA, He worked in bureaucratic leagues in the United States when he could have returned to the United Football League, but he didn’t accept because “there are things you have to look at as people, but I didn’t feel strong in terms of mentally continue to play. Today I feel good because I met a person sent by God. Many will find it difficult to understand, but those who understand applaud and those who do not, are respected. I was down and today I feel younger than ever “-
Cedritos FC will be in Group F next to Genesis, Broncos and Inter, a challenge they hope to overcome by achieving important things in their first year.
“We have a coaching staff that is very hungry. We will take this challenge with great responsibility,” the footballer concluded.
The Ascension League will start on February 27 and 28 with 32 teams divided into eight groups.