Marco Pappa
 |
|||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marco Pablo Pappa Ponce | ||
| Date of birth | November 15, 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Guatemala City, Guatemala | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Chicago Fire | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2006 | Municipal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006–2009 | Municipal | 5 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | → Chicago Fire (loan) | 36 | (5) |
| 2010– | Chicago Fire | 54 | (15) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008– | Guatemala | 24 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 23, 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
|||
Marco Pablo Pappa Ponce (born November 15, 1987 in Guatemala City) is a Guatemalan footballer who plays for Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer since 2008 and is a member of the Guatemala national team.
Contents |
[edit] Club career
Pappa, who plays as a winger, joined his local side, Municipal, in 2004 at the age of 16, and made his professional debut in a domestic league match in August 2006 against Deportivo Petapa. He scored his first professional goal against Nicaraguan side Real Madriz during the 2007 UNCAF tournament.
Pappa signed a one and a half year loan deal with Chicago Fire on July 30, 2008, and made his MLS debut for Fire on 2 August 2008, against Chivas USA.[1] He scored his first MLS goal on 5 April 2009, in a game against the New York Red Bulls.[2]
On December 3, 2009 The Fire exercised its option to buy Pappa's rights from Guatemalan side CSD Municipal, thus ending a two-year loan deal it had for Pappa and securing his services through the 2012 season.[3] Pappa started the 2010 MLS season in great form for the Chicago Fire with 5 goals and 4 assists in his first 11 games, making one of the leagues top performing midfielders,[4] and finished the year with seven goals (being the team's top scorer) and five assists.[5]
During the 2011 season, Pappa scored eight goals, including a hat-trick on September 28, 2011 in an away win against Real Salt Lake,[6] earning the "Player of the Week" award[7] and becoming the second Guatemalan player to score three goals in an MLS match after Carlos Ruiz had done it in 2002 and 2003.
[edit] International career
Pappa has represented Guatemala at the U17, U20, U21 and U23 levels, and played for Guatemala at the U23 level in the qualifying tournament for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, in which they finished in fourth place after being one penalty shootout away from qualifying to the Olympic Tournament.
Pappa earned his first cap for the senior national team on August 20, 2008 in a 0-1 World Cup qualifying loss to the United States, appearing as a substitute. He scored his first goal for Guatemala on October 15, 2008 against Cuba. He participated at the UNCAF Nations Cup 2009[8] and at the 2011 Gold Cup, where he scored the second goal of a 4-0 win against Grenada.
During 2014 World Cup qualification,[9] he scored the first goal of a 4-0 win against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines during the 2nd round.
[edit] International goals
- Scores and results list. Guatemala's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 October 2008 | Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba |  Cuba |
1-1 | 1-2 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 3 March 2010 | Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States |  El Salvador |
1-0 | 2-1 | Friendly |
| 3 | 13 June 2011 | Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States |  Grenada |
2-0 | 4-0 | 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 4 | 2 September 2011 | Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala, Guatemala |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
1-0 | 4-0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
[edit] Career statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Guatemala | League | Cup | League Cup | North America | Total | |||||||
| 2006–07 | Municipal | Liga Nacional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007–08 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||
| USA | League | Open Cup | League Cup | North America | Total | |||||||
| 2008 | Chicago Fire | Major League Soccer | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2009 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5 | ||
| 2010 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7 | ||
| 2011 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 8 | ||
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | Guatemala | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |
| USA | 90 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 20 | ||
| Career total | 95 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 106 | 22 | ||
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://web.mlsnet.com/scoreboard/game.jsp?match=08022008_CHVCHI
- ^ http://web.mlsnet.com/scoreboard/game.jsp?match=04052009_NYCHI
- ^ http://www.soccerbyives.net/soccer_by_ives/2009/12/chicago-fire-buys-pappas-rights.html
- ^ http://www.mlssoccer.com/player/marco-pappa
- ^ http://www.chicago-fire.com/stats?by=season&season_year=2010&op=SEARCH&form_build_id=form-7159d1dd42626ac5d54164ad90a20e26&form_id=mls_stats_leaders_stats_form
- ^ Source: http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/soccer/news/story?id=7033194
- ^ Source: http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/10/03/pappa-takes-player-week-honors-week-29
- ^ UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2009 - Details - RSSSF
- ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
- ^ http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/marco-pappa
[edit] External links
- MLS player profile
- Marco Pappa at National-Football-Teams.com
|
|||||||
|
|||||
- 1987 births
- Living people
- People from Guatemala City
- Guatemalan footballers
- Guatemalan people of Italian descent
- Guatemala international footballers
- 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- C.S.D. Municipal players
- Chicago Fire Soccer Club players
- Major League Soccer players
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
