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Hernán Sandoval
Personal information
Full name Hernán René Sandoval Villatoro
Date of birth (1983-07-22) July 22, 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Guatemala City, Guatemala
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) forward
Team information
Current team
 Comunicaciones
Number 20
Youth career
Comunicaciones
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Comunicaciones 28 (7)
2005–2006 → Antigua GFC (loan) 33 (15)
2006–present Comunicaciones 24 (10)
International career‡
2003–2007 Guatemala 20 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 March 2010
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2010
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sandoval and the second or maternal family name is Villatoro.

Hernán René Sandoval Villatoro (born 22 July 1983) is a Guatemalan football striker who plays for local club Comunicaciones in the Guatemala's top division.

Club career

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Nicknamed el Camello (the camel), Sandoval played for the U-20's of local giants Comunicaciones before becoming professional and has also had a loan spell at Antigua GFC. In November 2007 he suffered a double fracture of his right leg in a game against CD Zacapa which took him out of the game until the start of the 2009 preseason.[1]

International career

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Sandoval made his debut for Guatemala in an August 2003 friendly match against Ecuador and has earned a total of 20 caps, scoring 3 goals. He has represented his country in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[2] as well as at the 2005[3] and 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cups[4] and the UNCAF Nations Cup 2005.[5]

His final international was an August 2007 friendly match against Panama.


Career Statistics

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International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[6]
National team Year Apps Goals
Guatemala 2003 2 0
2005 13 2
2006 3 1
2007 2 0
Total 20 3
Scores and results list Guatemala's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sandoval goal.
List of international goals scored by Hernán Sandoval
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 21 February 2005 Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala  Nicaragua 2–0 4–0 2005 UNCAF Nations Cup [7]
2 4–0
3 6 September 2006 Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala  Panama 1–2 1–2 Friendly [8]
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References

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  1. ^ Hernán Sandoval cerca de volver a las canchas Archived 2008-12-03 at the Wayback Machine - La Red Deportiva (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
  3. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2005 - Full Details Archived 2008-10-24 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  4. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 - Full Details Archived 2008-10-24 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  5. ^ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2005 - Details Archived 2009-04-02 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  6. ^ "Hernán Sandoval". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Guatemala vs. Nicaragua". National Football Teams. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  8. ^ "Guatemala vs. Panama". National Football Teams. Retrieved 29 June 2025.


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