Michaell Chirinos
Honduran footballer (born 1995)
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Michaell Anthony Chirinos Cortez (born 17 June 1995) is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga Nacional club Olimpia and the Honduras national team.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michaell Anthony Chirinos Cortez | ||
| Date of birth | 17 June 1995[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Tegucigalpa, Honduras | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Olimpia | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Olimpia | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2022 | Olimpia | 174 | (50) |
| 2018–2019 | → BUAP (loan) | 33 | (6) |
| 2019 | → Vancouver Whitecaps (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2023 | Volos | 14 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Saprissa | 14 | (1) |
| 2024– | Olimpia | 65 | (12) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2015 | Honduras U20 | 10 | (2) |
| 2017– | Honduras | 22 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 09:38, 12 October 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 June 2024 | |||
Club career
On 14 June 2018, Chirinos signed with Lobos BUAP of Liga MX on a one-year loan from C.D. Olimpia.[3] He scored his first goal on 4 February 2019 in a 1–1 draw against Pachuca.[4]
On 3 August 2019, Chirinos signed with Major League Soccer team Vancouver Whitecaps FC for the remainder of the MLS season.[5] He scored his first goal for the club on September 30, the winner in a 4–3 away victory against the LA Galaxy.[6]
On 22 December 2022, Chirinos signed with Super League Greece club Volos on a one-year contract with the option to extend for a further year.[7] He made his debut two weeks later in the league against Olympiacos, starting and playing 65 minutes in the 0–4 home defeat.[8] He scored his first goal the following 28 January in a 2–3 home defeat to Panetolikos.[9] On 12 May 2023, Chirinos and Volos reached an agreement to terminate his contract at the club.[10]
On 26 July 2023, Chirinos signed with Liga FPD club Deportivo Saprissa.[11] He made his debut the following 10 August in Saprissa's second match of the CONCACAF Central American Cup group stage, scoring once in the 4–0 win against Jocoro.[12] On 4 January 2024, Saprissa announced the departure of Chirinos, citing personal issues as the reason.[13]
One week after departing from Saprissa, Chirinos returned to Olimpia ahead of the Clausura 2024 season.[14]
International career
On 24 March 2024, Chirinos scored his team's only goal in an eventual 3–1 defeat to Costa Rica in the 2024 Copa América qualifying play-offs.[15] The goal was nominated for Goal of the Year at the 2023–24 CONCACAF Awards,[16] before being nominated for the 2024 FIFA Puskás Award.[17]
Honours
Olimpia
- Liga Nacional: 2016 Clausura, 2019 Apertura, 2020 Apertura, 2021 Clausura, 2023 Apertura, 2024 Clausura, 2025 Clausura
- CONCACAF League: 2017, 2022[18]
Saprissa
- Liga FPD: 2023 Apertura
Individual
- CONCACAF League Team of the Tournament: 2017
- CONCACAF League Golden Ball: 2017, 2022