Samir Enrique Arzú García (born 19 March 1981) is a Honduran footballer who plays as a midfielder for Motagua New Orleans.

Career

Club

Arzú got his career underway in Honduras with Real España, which preceded a move to fellow Honduran clubs Hispano, Real Juventud, Atlético Olanchano and Olimpia between 2006 and 2009; he featured twice for Olimpia during the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League. In 2009, Arzú completed a move to Correcaminos UAT of Liga de Ascenso. He made his professional debut against León on 31 July, which was the first of nine appearances in Mexico's second tier. Arzú sealed a return to Real Juventud in 2010, before signing for Victoria a year later - he scored three goals for each club in a season.

Samir Arzú

China League One side Shanghai Tellace loaned Arzú for the 2012 campaign. The club won the title and promotion in his sole season in China. After returning to Victoria for the first part of 2013, he found himself on the move again later in the year after agreeing to play for Suchitepéquez of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala. He netted on his debut, scoring the third goal of a 4–1 home win over Xelajú on 4 August 2013. Arzú had subsequent spells with Vida, Barillas and Deportivo Jocotán, prior to a short return to Victoria in 2016. Arzú joined USA's Gulf Coast Premier League team Motagua New Orleans in 2016.

Samir Arzú

International

Arzú represented the Honduras U23s in the 2004 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament, as his nation narrowly missed out on the 2004 Summer Olympics in Greece after placing third.

Samir Arzú

Career statistics

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Honours

Shanghai Tellace

China League One: 2012

Motagua New Orleans

Gulf Coast Premier League (2): 2015–16, 2016–17

References

External links

1981 births

Living people

People from Jutiapa Department

Honduran men's footballers

Men's association football midfielders

Honduran expatriate men's footballers

Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico

Expatriate men's footballers in China

Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala

Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States

Honduran expatriate sportspeople in Mexico

Honduran expatriate sportspeople in China

Honduran expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala

Honduran expatriate sportspeople in the United States

Ascenso MX players

Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala players

Gulf Coast Premier League players

Real C.D. España players

Comayagua F.C. players

C.D. Real Juventud players

Atlético Olanchano players

C.D. Olimpia players

Correcaminos UAT footballers

C.D. Victoria players

Shanghai Port F.C. players

C.D. Suchitepéquez players

Barillas FC players

Motagua New Orleans players