Roberto Bailey

{{Short description|Honduran footballer (1952–2019)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Roberto Bailey

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Roberto James Bailey Sargent

| birth_date = 10 August 1952

| birth_place = Honduras

| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|6|11|1952|8|10|df=y}}

| height =

| position = Striker / Second striker

| years1 = 1970–1977 | clubs1 = Victoria| caps1 = ?? |goals1 = 26

| years2 = 1978–1984 | clubs2 = Marathón| caps2 = 161 |goals2 = 47

| nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = Honduras| nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 =

}}

{{family name hatnote|Bailey|Sargent|lang=Spanish}}

Roberto James Bailey Sargent (10 August 1952 – 11 June 2019) was a Honduran football forward who played for Honduras in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070705072320/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=59/teams/team=43909.html 1982 FIFA World Cup Spain]

Club career

Nicknamed El Robot, Bailey played for C.D. Marathón for whom he scored 47 goals.[http://hondurasfutbol.com/marathon-arriba-a-86-anos-esperando-celebrar-con-el-titulo/ Marathón arriba a 86 años esperando celebrar con el tìtulo] - Fútbol de Honduras {{in lang|es}} He and his brother Jimmy James Bailey share a record with the Palacios brothers, the sole families to have scored in more than one League final.[http://tiempo.hn/cronometro/liga-nacional/6198-a-seguir-ampliando-sus-records A seguir ampliando sus récords]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} - Cronometro Tiempo {{in lang|es}}

Career statistics

=Club=

{{updated|match played 122 August 2014}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|Honduran Cup

!colspan="2"|League Cup

!colspan="2"|CONCACAF

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="7"|Marathón

|1978–79

|Honduran Liga Nacional

|22

7colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—
1979–80

|Honduran Liga Nacional

|33

12colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—
1980–81

|Honduran Liga Nacional

|33

10colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—
1981–82

|Honduran Liga Nacional

|31

10colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—
1982–83

|Honduran Liga Nacional

|22

4colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—
1983–84

|Honduran Liga Nacional

|20

4colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—
colspan="2"|Total

!161

4700000016147
colspan="3"|Career total

!161

4700000016147

Personal life

Bailey lived in San Pedro Sula and worked for a spare-parts agency.[http://tiempo.hn/cronometro/liga-nacional/6288-roberto-bailey-olimpia-tiene-un-futbol-mezquino Roberto Bailey: “Olimpia tiene un fútbol mezquino”]{{Dead link|date=July 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} - Cronometro Tiempo {{in lang|es}}

He died in a car accident on June 11, 2019.[https://www.laprensa.hn/sucesos/1292534-410/muere-roberto-bailey-exfutbolista-hondureno-aparatoso-accidente-transito-carretera-ca-13]

References

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