Sixto Betancourt

Sixto Betancourt
Personal information
Full name Sixto Ubaldo Betancourt Véliz
Date of birth (1992-05-16) 16 May 1992
Place of birth Tiquisate, Guatemala
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Plaza Colonia
Youth career
-2011 Suchitepéquez
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Juventud Retalteca 16 (0)
2012–2013 Deportivo Malacateco 39 (0)
2013– Municipal 13 (0)
2014 → Cartaginés (loan) 9 (0)
2015 → Plaza Colonia (loan) 9 (0)
National team‡
2009 Guatemala U17 ? (?)
2011 Guatemala U20 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 July 2015.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 February 2015

Sixto Betancourt (born 18 June 1992 in Tiquisate) is a Guatemalan football defender who currently plays for Plaza Colonia in the Uruguayan Segunda División.

Club career

Betancourt made his professional debut with Juventud Retalteca on 5 February 2012 against Suchitepéquez in a 3-1 away loss.

In August 2014, he was sent on loan to Costa Rican side C.S. Cartaginés.[1]

In February 2015, he was sent again on loan but now to Uruguayan club Plaza Colonia.[2]

International career

Betancourt has played for Guatemala at various youth levels, appearing first for the U17 team at the 2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship. He also played with the U20 team at the 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship helping his country to qualify for the first time to the U-20 World Cup where he played too.

References

  1. ↑ Cartaginés se reforzará con un lateral guatemalteco; nacion.com, 9 August 2014 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Dos jugadores no seguirán en el equipo; rojos.com, 4 February 2015 (Spanish)


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