Erick Norales

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Erick Norales

| image = Erick Norales.JPG

| image_size = 300

| caption = Erick Norales (white jersey)

| fullname = Erick Zenón Norales Casildo

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|2|11}}

| birth_place = La Ceiba, Honduras

| currentclub = Platense

| clubnumber =

| height = {{height|meters=1.80}}

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 2002–2006

| years2 = 2006–2011

| years3 = 2012

| years4 = 2013

| years5 = 2013

| years6 = 2014–2015

| years7 = 2016

| years8 = 2017

| years9 = 2017–2018

| clubs1 = Vida

| clubs2 = Marathón

| clubs3 = Hunan Billows

| clubs4 = Marathón

| clubs5 = → Vida (loan)

| clubs6 = Indy Eleven

| clubs7 = Rayo OKC

| clubs8 = Marathón

| clubs9 = Platense

| caps1 = 80

| goals1 = 7

| caps2 = 118

| goals2 = 11

| caps3 = 28

| goals3 = 2

| caps4 = 17

| goals4 = 0

| caps5 = 8

| goals5 = 0

| caps6 = 46

| goals6 = 5

| caps7 = 0

| goals7 = 0

| caps8 = 8

| goals8 = 0

| caps9 = 43

| goals9 = 2

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalyears2 = 2007–2008

| nationalyears3 = 2007–2014

| nationalteam1 = Honduras U20

| nationalteam2 = Honduras U23

| nationalteam3 = Honduras

| nationalcaps1 = 8

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalcaps2 = 1

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalcaps3 = 32

| nationalgoals3 = 2

| ntupdate =

| years10 = 2018-2019

| clubs10 = Vida

| caps10 = 15

| goals10 = 0

}}

Erick Zenón Norales Casildo ({{IPA|es|ˈeɾik noˈɾales}}; born 11 February 1985) is a Honduran former footballer.

Club career

Norales began his professional career with C.D.S. Vida in 2002, making eighty league appearances and scoring seven goals. From 2006 to 2011 he appeared in 118 league matches for C.D. Marathón, winning three straight Apertura season titles (2007–2008, 2008–2009, and 2009–2010). He returned to C.D. Vida in 2013, then went back to Marathón for the Liga Nacional's closing season.

On 10 February 2016, Norales signed for the newly formed NASL team Rayo OKC.{{cite web|title=RAYO OKC SIGNS ERICK NORALES AND JARAD VAN SCHAIK|url=http://www.rayookc.com/news/2016/02/10/rayo-okc-signs-erick-norales-and-jarad-van-schaik|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216034316/http://www.rayookc.com/news/2016/02/10/rayo-okc-signs-erick-norales-and-jarad-van-schaik|url-status=usurped|archive-date=16 February 2016|website=rayookc.com|publisher=Rayo OKC|access-date=11 February 2016|date=10 February 2016}}

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{{FIFA player|230108}} and played at the 2009,[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/gold-cam09det.html Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2009 - Details] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105045355/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/gold-cam09det.html |date=5 November 2013 }} - RSSSF and 2011 UNCAF Nations Cups[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/gold-cam11det.html UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2011 - Details]{{dead link|date=February 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} - RSSSF as well as at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/09gc-full.html CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2009 - Full Details] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726152032/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/09gc-full.html |date=26 July 2014 }} - RSSSF

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=

:Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first.

{{tooltip\|N.\|Goal number}}	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
class="wikitable"
align="center" \| 1.	28 June 2009	WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, United States	{{fb\|PAN}}	align="center" \| 2–0	align="center" \| 2–0	friendly match
align="center" \| 2.	7 September 2010	Stade Saputo, Montreal, Canada	{{fb\|CAN}}	align="center" \| 1–1	align="center" \| 1–2	friendly match