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Rudis Alberto Corrales Rivera (born November 6, 1979) is a retired Salvadoran footballer.

Full name Rudis Alberto Corrales Rivera
Date of birth (1979-11-06) November 6, 1979 (age 46)
Place of birth Sociedad, El Salvador
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
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Rudis Corrales
Personal information
Full name Rudis Alberto Corrales Rivera
Date of birth (1979-11-06) November 6, 1979 (age 46)
Place of birth Sociedad, El Salvador
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position Forward
Youth career
1986–1997 Municipal Limeño
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2003 Municipal Limeño (77)
2004–2010 Águila (50)
2011 Alianza 11 (4)
2012–2013 Dragón 9 (0)
2013–2014 Aguiluchos USA
International career
1999 El Salvador U-20
1998–2001 El Salvador U-23
2001–2010 El Salvador 78 (17)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of April 21, 2011
‡ National team caps and goals as of August 7, 2011
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Club career

Corrales' professional career began in 1997, when he signed a contract with Municipal Limeño. He officially made his debut that same year on November 29, in a league match against Dragón.

On September 9, 2007 in a league match against Alianza F.C. Corrales became only the seventh person is Salvadoran league history to score 100 goals, a feat which has only been matched by Salvadoran greats Raúl Díaz Arce, Williams Reyes, Emiliano Pedrozo, Adonai Martínez, Hugo Coria and David Arnoldo Cabrera.[1]

On December 19, 2010, it was announced that he had signed a two-year contract with Alianza. In January 2012, Corrales joined Dragón.[2] In April 2012 he suffered a stroke which partially paralyzed his face.[3]

He played with CD Aguiluchos USA in Oakland, CA. He scored on a free kick in the 90th minute 15.03.14 to win the match a US Open Cup Qualifier.

International career

Corrales made his debut for El Salvador in a May 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Nicaragua and has, as of December 2010, earned a total of 71 caps, scoring 16 goals. He represented his country in 20 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[4] and played at the 2001,[5] 2003,[6] 2005[7] and 2009 UNCAF Nations Cups[8] as well as at the 2002,[9] 2003[10] and 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cups.[11]

On February 6, 2008 in a FIFA World Cup qualification match against Anguilla, Corrales became the first player in Salvadoran history to score five goals in a World Cup qualifier. The previous record was held by legendary Salvadoran striker Raúl Díaz Arce, who had scored four goals against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers. He scored his most memorable goal in a FIFA World Cup qualification match against Costa Rica on September 9, 2009. Scoring a goal at the 90th minute that gave life back to El Salvador in this Qualification Stage.


Career statistics

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[12]
National teamYearAppsGoals
El Salvador 200171
200240
2003123
200460
200520
2008179
2009202
201041
201161
Total 7817
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Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Corrales goal.
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List of international goals scored by Rudis Corrales
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 25 May 2001 Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa, Honduras  Panama 1–0 2–1 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup [13]
2 9 February 2003 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama  Panama 2–1 2–1 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup [14]
3 13 March 2003 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama  Nicaragua 1–0 3–0 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup [15]
4 6 July 2003 Home Depot Center, Carson, United States  Mexico 2–0 2–1 Friendly [16]
5 6 February 2008 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador  Anguilla 3–0 12–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [17]
6 4–0
7 6–0
8 7–0
9 8–0
10 26 March 2008 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington D.C., United States  Anguilla 2–0 4–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [18]
11 23 April 2008 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States  China 1–0 2–2 Friendly [19]
12 2–0
13 19 November 2008 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum  Costa Rica 1–0x 1–3 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [20]
14 27 May 2009 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum  Ecuador 2–1 3–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [21]
15 9 September 2009 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador  Costa Rica 1–0 1–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [22]
16 24 February 2010 Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, United States  United States 1–0 1–2 Friendly [23]
17 29 May 2011 Robertson Stadium, Houston, United States  Honduras 2–2 2–2 Friendly [24]
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