Wilmer Crisanto

Wilmer Crisanto

240px Wilmer Crisanto with the Honduras national football team
Personal information
Full name	Wilmer Crisanto Casildo
Date of birth	(1989-06-24) 24 June 1989
Place of birth	La Ceiba, Honduras
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Motagua
Number	18
Youth career
1999–2007	Victoria Reserves
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2008	Victoria	36	(1)
2008–2009	→ Godoy Cruz (loan)	0	(0)
2010–2014	Victoria	109	(5)
2014–	Motagua	96	(5)
International career‡
2005–2006	Honduras U-17	7	(0)
2008–2009	Honduras U-20	5	(0)
2012	Honduras U-23	8	(0)
2010–	Honduras	21	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 November 2012

Wilmer Crisanto Casildo (born in La Ceiba, Honduras on 24 June 1989) is a Honduran football player, who plays as right back for C.D. Motagua in the Honduran National League. He also plays for his national team.

Club career

He became a regular in the starting lineup for C.D. Victoria when he was only 18 years old where he usually played right defender but could also play as a defensive midfielder or a central defender. He played almost every match of the 2007–08 season where he got thirty caps and scored one goal.

After several years with Victoria (in their youth system and the first team), Crisanto sparked the interest of First Division club in Argentina, Godoy Cruz. The team found out about the young player after his teammate at Victoria, Diego Vázquez, suggested him to the directors at the club. The next week, Wilmer Crisanto was invited for a 15 day trial at the club. After impressing the coaches, his contract was finally signed. He was acquired on loan for six months by the team.

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Crisanto playing for the reserves of Godoy Cruz during their match against Newell's Old Boys in 2008

He made his debut for Godoy Cruz with the reserves in a match against Newell's Old Boys on October 21, 2008 when he came on during the second half. He played a great match and was congratulated the next day on the team's website.

Despite his impressive season with the reserves, the team chose not to buy the player after his six-month trial and on December 18, 2008 he returned to Honduras to play with the team that saw him take shape, Victoria of his hometown La Ceiba. In 2014 he signed for C.D. Motagua of the most important team in Honduras.

International career

Crisanto participated in the Honduran U-17's and played for the Honduras U20's at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Cairo, Egypt. He also played for the Honduras U23's at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

He made his senior debut for Honduras in a November 2010 friendly match against Panama and has earned, as of December 2012, a total of 6 caps, scoring no goals. He has gone onto represent Honduras in multiple World Cup Qualifier matches and the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Personal life

Crisanto stated in an interview with Diario Deportivo Diez that his idol is Eduardo Bennett because of the success he had while playing in Argentina from 1993–2002 with Argentinos Juniors, San Lorenzo (Champions in 1995) and Quilmes.

External links

• Wilmer Crisanto at National-Football-Teams.com