Pablo Aguilar
Personal information
Full name Pablo Andrés Aguilar Palacios
Date of birth (1995-02-21) February 21, 1995
Place of birth Guatemala City, Guatemala
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
2009–2013 IMG Academy
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Virginia Cavaliers 75 (16)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Reading United AC 1 (0)
2018 Rio Grande Valley FC 27 (2)
2019–2020 Antigua 46 (5)
2021 Comunicaciones 10 (0)
2021-2022 Antigua 20 (1)
International career‡
2015 Guatemala U20 6 (0)
2018–2022 Guatemala 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 April 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:09, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

Pablo Andrés Aguilar Palacios (born 21 February 1995) is a Guatemalan former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Career

Youth & College

Aguilar played four years of college soccer at the University of Virginia between 2014 and 2017. He was named Second Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference in 2016, and USC Third Team All-South Region and Second Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference in 2017.[1]

While at college, Aguilar played with USL PDL side Reading United AC in 2017.[2]

Professional

On 21 January 2017, Aguilar was selected 59th overall in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft by Houston Dynamo.[3] Aguilar joined Houston's United Soccer League affiliate side Rio Grande Valley FC Toros in March 2018.[4] He made his professional debut on 16 March 2018, where he opened the scoring in a 1-1 draw with Saint Louis FC.[5]

On 27 December 2018, it was confirmed, that Aguilar had signed with Antigua in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala.[6]

Retirement

On 13 July 2022, Aguilar announced his retirement from professional football, citing to more focus on his family’s business.

International

He made his debut for Guatemala national football team on 15 November 2018 in a friendly against Israel which Guatemala lost 0–7.[7]

Honours

Antigua

Personal

Aguilar has dual citizenship with Guatemala and the United States.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Pablo Aguilar Bio - VirginiaSports.com - University of Virginia Official Athletics Website - UVA Cavaliers Men's Soccer".
  2. ↑ "Reading United AC - 2017 Regular Season - Roster - # - Pablo Aguilar -". www.uslpdl.com.
  3. 1 2 "Dynamo select midfielder Pablo Aguilar with 59th pick at 2018 MLS SuperDraft". Houston Dynamo. 2018-01-21. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  4. ↑ "RGV FC adds 13 players to roster ahead of 2018 season". Houston Dynamo. 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  5. ↑ chris.hockman@uslsoccer.com, CHRIS HOCKMAN - (16 March 2018). "Late Goals See RGVFC, Saint Louis End Level".
  6. ↑ Guatemala's Antigua signs Rio Grande Valley's Aguilar, efe.com, 27 December 2018
  7. ↑ "Israel v Guatemala game report". UEFA. 15 November 2018.


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