Fredy Thompson

Fredy Thompson
Personal information
Full name Fredy Williams Thompson León
Date of birth (1982-06-02) June 2, 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Puerto Barrios, Guatemala
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2007 Comunicaciones 90 (7)
2007–2008 Municipal 25 (0)
2008 Orizaba 11 (0)
2008–2011 Comunicaciones 47 (4)
2014 Coatepeque 21 (2)
2014–2018 Antigua GFC 151 (5)
2019–2021 Comunicaciones 43 (0)
International career
2001–2015 Guatemala[1] 96 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 January 2021
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Thompson and the second or maternal family name is León.

Fredy Williams Thompson León (born June 2, 1982 in Puerto Barrios, Izabal) is a Guatemalan former professional footballer.

Club career

Thompson started his career at Guatemalan giants Comunicaciones where he would stay for 7 years and captain the side. He then joined bitter rivals Municipal in 2007, but he was never accepted by the Rojos 'fans so he decided not to return after only one season.[2] A move to Europe with Inter Milan or Manchester United, or American Major League Soccer had been mentioned for some time, but he joined Mexican side Albinegros in 2008, only to return to the Cremas in June 2008.[3]

Thompson signed for Universidad SC in January 2019.[4]

Doping case and suspension

In February 2012, Thompson, alongside Comunicaciones teammates Adolfo Machado and Marvin Ceballos, was temporarily suspended from playing by FIFA after a positive test on the banned substance boldenone.[5] A second test done at a laboratory in Canada reconfirmed the positive doping test[6] and he was later suspended for two years, until 24 January 2014.[7]

International career

He made his debut for the Guatemalan national team in a March 2001 friendly match against Trinidad & Tobago and went on to represent Guatemala during the 2006 World Cup qualification and 2010 World Cup qualification rounds.[8] As of January 2010, he had earned 81 caps, scoring no goals.[9]

He has also captained the national side in the absence of Carlos Ruiz.

On September 7, 2010 he scored his second international goal in a 2–0 win against El Salvador.[10]

On November 15, 2011 in a 2014 World Cup qualification match against Grenada, he scored his third goal to give Guatemala a 2–1 lead. The match ended 4–1.

References

  1. ^ Fredy Williams Thompson - International Appearances
  2. ^ Definitivamente Thompson no llega a Comunicaciones Archived 2008-08-18 at the Wayback Machine - La Red Deportiva (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Freddy Thompson ya entrena con Comunicaciones Archived 2009-09-08 at the Wayback Machine - La Red Deportiva (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Fredy Thompson ya tiene equipo para el Torneo Clausura 2019, soy502.com, 9 January 2019
  5. ^ FIFA prohíbe entrenar a Adolfo Machado inhabilitado por dopaje Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Segunda prueba reconfirma dopaje del panameño Adolfo Machado Archived 2018-11-09 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Machado es suspendido en Guatemala por dar positivo en prueba de dopaje Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
  9. ^ Fredy Williams Thompson - International Appearances - RSSSF
  10. ^ "Apuestas El Salvador Guatemala y pronósticos (Otros partidos, Fútbol) el 8 septiembre 2010".