About three years have passed since the Honduran Marvin Chávez Play his last official match as a professional footballer by being at his doorstep retirement residing in the United States to theirs 37 years, however, in 2021 him has brought new challenges and opportunities to his career.
the ‘Son of the Wind’ was hired by Cedritos FC, new tenant of the League of Ascent of Soccer of Honduras, an unexpected signing back to their homelands.
In an interview with DEU, Chávez explain the reasons that led him to return to Honduran football and why Cedritos FC and not another high-level team, as in the First Division.
“I am happy and grateful to God for this opportunity. It is a good project, something important is for this reason that I am here. I am here for people who take my hat off to them,” said Marvin Chávez in reference to the owners and brothers of the club José and Carlos Sánchez, natives of Orocuina, Choluteca who live in the USA.
And he clarified that this is not about money. “As a person I feel valued and respected for my career, they are people who trusted me from the beginning. Wherever they have invited me, I do not go for money, but for friendship. I am here for the great friendship that they gave me, “the fast footballer clarified.
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EPISODE TO NEVER FORGET
As explained andWorld Cup with Honduras in Brazil 2014, when he served in el Marathon in 2017 “I was shattered” and that few people came to offer their support and that was where the brothers appeared Sanchez.
“There are times when one wanted moral help, 1 – don’t fall, count on me, I heard the news from your sister. God introduced me to these people and I want to thank them for trusting me to come to a humble people , fighting and aspiring to many things, I didn’t think much about accepting, ”he commented.
-Is friendship worth more than the money it could offer you? -, we asked him: “The truth is, friendship is worth more than the money they can offer me. The managers approached me and told me that they would pay me what I wanted. They gave me figures, but I I told them I wasn’t selling for silver, they could put zero on my contract, but not for money, I come for gratitude, for moral support. “
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A NEW CHALLENGE
In recent years the native of the Garifuna community of Sambo Creek that militated in equipment like FC Dallas, San jOse or Chivas USA, was active in bureaucratic leagues in the United States, at the time there may have been a return to the United Soccer League, but he didn’t accept because “there are things you have to analyze as people, but I didn’t feel mentally strong to continue playing.Today I feel good because I met a person who was sent by God.to many it will be difficult to understand, but what he understands to applaud and what he does not, is respected.I was fallen and today I feel younger than ever “-
Cedritos FC will be at Group F next Genesis, Broncos and Inter, a challenge they hope to overcome by achieving important things in their first year.
“We have a coaching staff that is very hungry. We will take on this challenge very responsibly,” the footballer concluded.
The Ascension League will start on 27 and 28 February with 32 teams divided into eight groups.