Belize national football team

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Belize

Nickname(s)	The Jaguars
Association	Football Federation of Belize
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Ian Mork
Most caps	Vallan Symms (25)
Top scorer	Dion Frazer (3)
Home stadium	none
FIFA code	BLZ
FIFA ranking	176
Highest FIFA ranking	157 (May 2002)
Lowest FIFA ranking	201 (November 2007)
Elo ranking	180
Home colours Away colours
First international
El Salvador 3 - 0 Belize (San Salvador, El Salvador; November 29, 1995)
Biggest win
Belize 7 - 1 Nicaragua (Belize City, Belize; April 17, 2002)
Biggest defeat
Costa Rica 7 - 0 Belize (San José, Costa Rica; March 17, 1999) Mexico 7 - 0 Belize (Monterrey, Mexico; June 21, 2008)

The Belize national football team is the national team of Belize and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belize.

Contents 1 International participation 1.1 World Cup record 1.2 Gold Cup record 1.3 UNCAF Nations Cup record 2 Top ten goalscorers 3 Team staff 4 Current squad 4.1 Recent call ups 5 Notable Coach 6 Players abroad 7 References 8 External links

[edit] International participation

[edit] World Cup record

• 1930 to 1986 - Did not enter
• 1994 - Did not enter
• 1998 to 2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] Gold Cup record

• 1991 - Did not enter
• 1993 - Did not enter
• 1996 to 2002 - Did not qualify
• 2003 - Did not enter
• 2005 to 2007 - Did not qualify

[edit] UNCAF Nations Cup record

• 1991 - Did not enter
• 1993 - Did not enter
• 1995 - First round
• 1997 - Did not qualify
• 1999 - First round
• 2001 - First round
• 2003 - Did not enter
• 2005 - First round
• 2007 - First round

[edit] Top ten goalscorers

#	Name	Career	Goals
1	Dion Frazer	2000-2008	5
2	Deon MacCauley	2005-2008	4
3	Norman Pipersburgh Nunez	1995-2005	3
4	Vallan Symms	2000-2005	3
5	Bent Burgess	2000-2002	3
6	David MacCauley	1995-1996	2
7	Aaron Nolberto	1999-2001	2
8	Esquivel	2001	1
9	Deris Benavides	2007-	1
10	Wilmer García	1999-2001	1

[edit] Team staff

• Head Coach: Ian Mork (USA)
• Physical Trainers: Luis Cabrera (El Salvador), Ernest Morris (Belize)
• Goalkeepers Coach: Marvin Ottley (Belize)
• Physiotherapist: Ken Vasquez (Belize)

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called up for the World Cup Qualifying match against Mexico on June 15, 2008.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Shane Moody-Orio August 7, 1980 Puntarenas F.C. 2 DF Albert Thurton June 4, 1977 Revolutionary Conquerors 5 MF Denis Benavides February 18, 1973 San Pedro Dolphins 6 DF Christobal Gilharry FC Belize 7 DF Ian Gaynair FC Belize 8 DF Elroy Smith November 31, 1981 Deportes Savio 9 FW Deon McCauley September 2, 1987 Puntarenas F.C. 10 MF Harrison Roches November 29, 1983 Deportes Savio 11 MF David Trapp August 5, 1981 Revolutionary Conquerors 12 FW Jerome James April 11, 1981 FC Belize 13 FW Dennis Serrano September 27, 1981 Suga Boys Juventus 14 DF Daniel Jiménez Hankook Verdes 15 MF Víctor Morales July 11, 1982 San Pedro Dolphins 16 MF Harrison Tasher January 5, 1985 Wagiya 17 Lester Serrano 18 GK Charlie Slusher November 28, 1971 FC Belize 22 FW Mohammed Yussuf Suga Boys Juventus

[edit] Recent call ups

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Woodrow West 21 (September 19, 1985) Revolutionary Conquerors DF Jarbi Álvarez 30 (November 1, 1976) CSD Sayaxche DF Vallan Symns 27 (March 20, 1980) 25 FC Belize DF Orland Lyons 23 (September 25, 1983) Costa Del Sol Nairi's DF Mark Leslie 28 (August 20, 1978) FC Belize DF Andrew Allen Alpha Glitters DF Edon Rowley[1] 25 (May 12, 1982) Revolutionary Conquerors DF William Hoare Greenwich Town DF Shamir Pacheco Hankook Verdes DF Eduardo Pérez Estanzuela FC DF René Rodríguez 32 (June 17, 1975) Alpha Glitters DF Edmund Thomas 26 (November 19, 1980) Suga Boys Juventus MF Peter Mariano Revolutionary Conquerors MF Wilmer García 30 (March 5, 1977) Texmar Boys MF Sylvain Lyons 25 (March 31, 1982) Tours FC MF Aaron Nolberto 25 (October 24, 1981) Revolutionary Conquerors MF Kevin Pelayo (March 30, 1981) Suga Boys Juventus MF Sanjay Pitts Hankook Verdes MF Merlin Teck 23 (August 8, 1983) Alpha Glitters MF Jorge Vargas Panayot Hitov MF Jermaine Zuniga 27 (September 1, 1979) Pickstock Lake MF Gary Young Texmar Boys MF Gilmore Palacio 24 (October 11, 1982) Texmar Boys MF Dalton Eiley 23 (December 1, 1983) Ashton United MF Robert Muschamp Texmar Boys MF Isidro Lara Toledo United MF Selvin De León 27 (July 19, 1980) Deportivo Petapa MF Deris Benavides Costa Del Sol Nairi's Norman Nunez 36 (June 12, 1971) Revolutionary Conquerors Cesario Rosales 23 (November 29, 1983) Once Lobos Marlon Meza Santel's Jorge Dorado 22 (April 17, 1985) Hankook Verdes Giovanni Celiz 21 (September 11, 1985) Alpha Glitters Oliver Hendricks Suga Boys Juventus Lennox Castillo CD Árabe Unido Christopher Hendricks 35 (July 7, 1972) Suga Boys Juventus

[edit] Notable Coach

• Antonio Carlos Vieira (2006-2007)

[edit] Players abroad

Name	Team
Shane Moody-Orio	Puntarenas F.C.
Rigoberto Garcia	CSD Europa FC
Elroy Smith	Deportes Savio
Eduardo Perez	Estanzuela FC
Courtney Francis	Akon Sant Rita FC
Sylvain Lyons	Tours FC
Harrison Roches	Deportes Savio
Dalton Eiley	Ashton United
Jorge Vargas	Panayot Hitov
Selvin De León	Deportivo Petapa
Cesario Rosales	Once Lobos
Deon McCauley	Puntarenas F.C.
Rene West	Atletico Chiriqui

[edit] References

1. ^ Also listed at the FFB website as a midfielder.

[edit] External links

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