Rodolfo Zelaya
Zelaya at a training with Alianza, in January 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Rodolfo Antonio Zelaya García | ||
| Date of birth | July 3, 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Usulután, El Salvador | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Second striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Alianza | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001 | CD Alacrán | ||
| 2004 | San Rafael | ||
| 2004–2005 | Atlético La Merced | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2007 | Intipucá | ||
| 2008 | Chalatenango | 17 | (13) |
| 2008–2009 | Alianza | 29 | (20) |
| 2009–2010 | León | 10 | (3) |
| 2010 | → Alianza (loan) | 29 | (14) |
| 2011–2013 | Alianza | 25 | (17) |
| 2011 | → Alania Vladikavkaz (loan) | 13 | (3) |
| 2013 | → Alania Vladikavkaz (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2013– | Alianza | 109 | (39) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008– | El Salvador | 42 | (19) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 15, 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of May 15, 2017 |
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Rodolfo Antonio Zelaya García (born July 3, 1988 in Usulután) also nicknamed "Fito Zelaya" is a Salvadoran footballer who plays for Alianza and El Salvador.
In October 2013, Zelaya was given a one-year ban from football for his involvement in a match-fixing scandal with the El Salvador national football team.
Zelaya started his career playing for San Rafael in 2004, where he played for one year. The following season, he moved to Atlético La Merced.
In July 2006, both Zelaya and Rúsvel Saravia were offered contracts to play for one of El Salvadors biggest clubs, Águila. Unfortunately for both Zelaya and Saravia, they could not come to terms with the club over their proposed salaries, and as a result, the transfer fell through.
Zelaya then moved on to play in Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño with Intipucá. After 2 years with the club, Zelaya caught the attention of Chalatenango coach Vladan Vićević.
After meeting with Vićević, Zelaya was offered, and accepted a contract to play with his first Primera División club Chalatenango. Zelaya went on to impress in his first season with the club and grew a fan base with both spectators and reporters for being one of El Salvador's most promising young strikers.
In 2008, Zelaya moved to Alianza after former Chalatenango president Lisandro Pohl switched clubs. This switch lead to Pohl taking various players with him to Alianza whose rights he supposedly owned due to them being bought when he was president at Chalatenango.
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