Héctor Canjura

{{Short description|Salvadoran footballer (born 1976)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Héctor Canjura

| image =

| fullname = Héctor Aarón Canjura Astorga

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|7|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = San Salvador, El Salvador

| height = {{height|m=1.74}}

| currentclub =

| position = midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1986–1994

| youthclubs1 = Los Pericos

| years1 = 1996–1998

| years2 = 1999–2006

| years3 = 2007–2009

| clubs1 = ADET

| clubs2 = Luis Ángel Firpo

| clubs3 = Nejapa

| caps1 =

| caps2 =

| caps3 = 76

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| goals3 = 6

| nationalyears1 = 2000–2002

| nationalteam1 = El Salvador

| nationalcaps1 = 12

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| manageryears1 =

| managerclubs1 =

| pcupdate = 29 January 2011

| ntupdate = 29 January 2011

}}

{{family name hatnote|Canjura|Astorga|lang=Spanish}}

Héctor Aarón Canjura Astorga (born 15 July 1976) is a retired football player from El Salvador.

Club career

Canjura started his professional career at ADET, but then joined Luis Ángel Firpo for a long spell. He ended his career at Nejapa in December 2009[http://www.laprensagrafica.com/futbol-nacional2/78349-nejapa-llevara-a-cabildeo-su-nuevo-nombre.html Nejapa llevará a cabildeo su nuevo nombre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325222017/http://www.laprensagrafica.com/futbol-nacional2/78349-nejapa-llevara-a-cabildeo-su-nuevo-nombre.html |date=25 March 2012 }} - La Prensa Grafica {{in lang|es}} to become an administrative manager at the club which was renamed Alacranes Del Norte.[http://www.laprensagrafica.com/futbol-nacional2/88548-el-cacho-melendez-sustituira-a-de-simone.html “El Cacho” Meléndez sustituirá a De Simone] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325222800/http://www.laprensagrafica.com/futbol-nacional2/88548-el-cacho-melendez-sustituira-a-de-simone.html |date=25 March 2012 }} - La Prensa Gráfica {{in lang|es}}

International career

Canjura made his debut for El Salvador in a July 2000 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Honduras and has earned a total of 12 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country in 3 FIFA World Cup qualification matches{{FIFA player|178233}}

and played at the 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/gold-cam01det.html UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2001 - Details] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024005059/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/gold-cam01det.html |date=24 October 2008 }} - RSSSF and at the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/02gc-full.html CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2002 - Full Details] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003140732/http://rsssf.com/tables/02gc-full.html |date=3 October 2009 }} - RSSSF

His final international game was a January 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against Mexico.

=International goals=

:Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.

class="wikitable"

! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition

125 May 2001Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras{{fb|PAN}}2–02–1UNCAF Nations Cup

Honours

:: 1999 Clausura, 2000 Clausura

References

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