Jose Manuel Contreras

Jose Manuel "El Moyo" Contreras (born 19 January 1986) is a Guatemalan professional football midfielder who plays for Liga Nacional club Comunicaciones. He is also a member of the Guatemalan national team since 2006.

Contreras has also played for clubs Arsenal de Sarandi in Argentina and C.D. Universidad de Concepcion in Chile, among other clubs.

Club Career

Having begun his career at Municipal in the Guatemalan top division, Contreras briefly played in the Primera Division (second level) with Deportivo Achuapa, and then returned to Comunicaciones where he played until July 2008, when he joined Arsenal de Sarandi. He made his debut for Arsenal on August 27, 2008 against Boca Juniors for the second leg of the Recopa Sudamericana, a match that ended 2–2 (3–5 aggregate in favor of Boca Juniors). Contreras came in at the beginning of the second half in substitution of Luciano Leguizamon, who left the pitch injured at the end of the first half.

In July 2009 it was rumored that Contreras would join Gimnasia de Jujuy of the Argentine 2nd division, but then a move to Uruguayan side CA Fenix at the end of August 2009 was announced. On 28 December 2009 he returned to Guatemala and signed with Xelaju MC.

In June 2010 Contreras rejoined the club where he started his career, Comunicaciones., playing there for the entirety of the 2010–2011 season; one year later, in June 2011, he was signed by C.D. Universidad de Concepcion, and in August 2011 he made his debut scoring the third goal of his team's 3–0 win over Colo-Colo.

International Career

Contreras' debut match for the Guatemala senior side was against Haiti in August 2006, where he made an assist to Mario Rodriguez in a 1–1 draw. He scored his first international goal in the match versus El Salvador in the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

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