Luis Swisher
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luis Arturo Swisher Salguero | ||
Date of birth | June 21, 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Guatemala City, Guatemala | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2001 | Aurora F.C. | 63 | (2) |
2001–2002 | Comunicaciones | 9 | (0) |
2002 | USAC | 16 | (3) |
2002–2003 | Cobán Imperial | 32 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Antigua GFC | 25 | (0) |
2004–2005 | CD Suchitepéquez | 39 | (1) |
2005–2006 | Polonia Warszawa | 14 | (0) |
2006–2007 | CD Suchitepéquez | 16 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Club Xelajú MC | 57 | (2) |
2008–2009 | Deportivo Jalapa | 16 | (0) |
2009 | Deportivo Petapa | 8 | (0) |
2009–2013 | USAC | 153 | (6) |
International career‡ | |||
2000–2007 | Guatemala | 23 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2017 | FC Boulder U23 | ||
2018– | Saint Louis FC U19 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 June 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 June 2011 |
Luis Arturo Swisher Salguero (born 21 June 1978) is a former Guatemalan football defender.
Club career
Swisher started his professional career with Aurora F.C. making his debut with the club in 1997. He then played for some other local teams before he joined Polish side Polonia Warszawa from CD Suchitepéquez in June 2005, after several exceptional years in Guatemala. He lasted only one season in Europe and returned to Suchitepéquez only to play for four different teams in the next four seasons. After joining Petapa in 2009[1] he moved to USAC before the 2009–2010 season. In March 2010, his former club Jalapa were deducted 6 points for breach of contract after not paying the salaries of Swisher and Maynor Dávila.[2] In June 2013, Swisher announces his retirement from professional football, making USAC his last team. Worked as a coach for the New York Red Bulls Academy.
International career
Swisher made his debut for Guatemala in a January 2000 friendly match against Panama and has, as of January 2010, earned a total of 23 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 9 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[3] as well as at the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[4] He then was not considered for the national team by Ramón Maradiaga for four years before returning to the squad in 2006[5] and to play at the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[6] He also played at the UNCAF Nations Cup 2001.[7]
Management
Swisher was named head coach of FC Boulder of the USL Premier Development League for the 2017 season.
- 2017 USL PDL Season Second Place (Mountain Division)[8]
In June 2018 Swisher was appointed as the new coach of Saint Louis FC U19.
External links
- Luis Swisher at National-Football-Teams.com
- Luis Swisher at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
References
- ^ Luis Swisher se une a Petapa Archived 2010-03-27 at the Wayback Machine – La Red Deportiva (in Spanish)
- ^ Jalapa pierde seis puntos por incumplimiento de pago Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine – Prensa Libre (in Spanish)
- ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments – FIFA
- ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2002 – Full Details Archived 2010-01-17 at WebCite – RSSSF
- ^ Luis Swisher convocado a Selección Archived 2009-09-28 at the Wayback Machine – La Red Deportiva (in Spanish)
- ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 – Full Details Archived 2008-10-24 at the Wayback Machine – RSSSF
- ^ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2001 – Details Archived 2008-10-24 at the Wayback Machine – RSSSF
- ^ "USL PDL (USA) 2017 – Standings". Retrieved August 2, 2017.
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Guatemala City
- Association football defenders
- Guatemalan footballers
- Guatemalan expatriate footballers
- Guatemala international footballers
- 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup players
- 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Aurora F.C. players
- Comunicaciones F.C. players
- Universidad de San Carlos players
- Cobán Imperial players
- C.D. Suchitepéquez players
- Polonia Warsaw players
- Xelajú MC players
- Ekstraklasa players
- Expatriate footballers in Poland
- Guatemalan expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Copa Centroamericana-winning players
- Antigua GFC players
- Guatemalan people of Swiss descent
- Deportivo Petapa players