Rudis Corrales

Rudis Alberto Corrales Rivera (born November 6, 1979 in Sociedad, Morazan, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran footballer.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Corrales and the second or maternal family name is Rivera.
Rudis Corrales
Personal information
Full name Rudis Alberto Corrales Rivera
Date of birth (1979-11-06) November 6, 1979
Place of birth Sociedad, El Salvador
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1986–1997 Municipal Limeño
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2003 Municipal Limeño (77)
2004–2010 Águila (50)
2011 Alianza 11 (4)
2012–2013 Dragón 9 (0)
2013–2014 Aguiluchos USA
National team‡
1999 El Salvador U-20
1998–2001 El Salvador U-23
2001–2010 El Salvador 78 (17)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 21, 2011
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of August 7, 2011

Club career

Corrales' professional career began in 1997, when he signed a contract with Municipal Limeño. He officially made his debut that same year on November 29, in a league match against Dragón.

On September 9, 2007 in a league match against Alianza F.C. Corrales became only the seventh person is Salvadoran league history to score 100 goals, a feat which has only been matched by Salvadoran greats Raúl Díaz Arce, Williams Reyes, Emiliano Pedrozo, Adonai Martínez, Hugo Coria and David Arnoldo Cabrera.[1]

On December 19, 2010, it was announced that he signed a two year contract with Alianza. In January 2012, Corrales joined Dragón.[2] In April 2012 he suffered a stroke which partially paralyzed his face.[3]

He played with CD Aguiluchos USA in Oakland, CA. He scored on a free kick in the 90th minute 15.03.14 to win the match a US Open Cup Qualifier.

International career

Corrales made his debut for El Salvador in a May 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Nicaragua and has, as of December 2010, earned a total of 71 caps, scoring 16 goals. He represented his country in 20 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[4] and played at the 2001,[5] 2003,[6] 2005[7] and 2009 UNCAF Nations Cups[8] as well as at the 2002,[9] 2003[10] and 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cups.[11]

On February 6, 2008 in a FIFA World Cup qualification match against Anguilla, Corrales became the first player in Salvadoran history to score five goals in a World Cup qualifier. The previous record was held by legendary Salvadoran striker Raúl Díaz Arce, who had scored four goals against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers. He made his most memorable goal on a FIFA World Cup qualification match against Costa Rica on September 9, 2009. Scoring a goal at the 90th minute that gave life back to El Salvador in this Qualification Stage.

International goals
Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
125 May 2001Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Panama1-02-12001 UNCAF Nations Cup
29 February 2003Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama Panama2-12-12003 UNCAF Nations Cup
313 February 2003Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama Nicaragua3-01-02003 UNCAF Nations Cup
46 July 2003The Home Depot Center, Carson, United States Mexico2-02-1Friendly match
56 February 2008Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Anguilla3-012-02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
66 February 2008Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Anguilla4-012-02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
76 February 2008Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Anguilla6-012-02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
86 February 2008Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Anguilla7-012-02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
96 February 2008Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Anguilla8-012-02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
1026 March 2008RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States Anguilla2-04-02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
1123 April 2008Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States China PR1-02-2Friendly match
1223 April 2008Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States China PR2-02-2Friendly match
1319 November 2008Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Costa Rica1-01-32010 FIFA World Cup qualification
1427 May 2009Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States Ecuador2-13-1Friendly match
159 September 2009Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Costa Rica1-01-02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
1624 February 2010Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, United States United States1-01-2Friendly match
1729 May 2011Robertson Stadium, Houston, United States Honduras2-22-2Friendly match

References
  1. Rudis Corrales marcó su gol número 100 - ElSalvador.com (in Spanish)
  2. Rudis Corrales, al Dragón - El SalvadorFC (in Spanish)
  3. Qué susto, Corrales - El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish)
  4. Rudis Corrales – FIFA competition record
  5. UNCAF Tournament 2001 - RSSSF
  6. Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2003 - RSSSF
  7. Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2005 - RSSSF
  8. UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2009 - Details - RSSSF
  9. CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2002 - Full Details - RSSSF
  10. CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2003 - Full Details - RSSSF
  11. CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2009 - Full Details - RSSSF
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