| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rudis Alberto Corrales Rivera | ||
| Date of birth | (1979-11-06) November 6, 1979 (age 44) | ||
| Place of birth | Sociedad, El Salvador | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | 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) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 21, 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of August 7, 2011 | |||
Rudis Alberto Corrales Rivera (born November 6, 1979) is a retired Salvadoran footballer.
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.
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.
