Carlos Pavón

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Carlos Pavón
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Full name	Carlos Alberto Pavón Plummer
Date of birth	October 9, 1973 (1973-10-09) (age 34)
Place of birth	El Progreso, Honduras
Playing position	Forward
Youth clubs
	Real España Reservas
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-2000 2000-2001 2001 2002-2003 2003 2003-2004 2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007 2008-present	Real España Toluca San Luis Real Valladolid Correcaminos Necaxa Atletico Celaya Morelia Udinese Napoli Real España Morelia Deportivo Cali Cruz Azul Comunicaciones Real España Los Angeles Galaxy Real España	15 0(7) 09 0(0) 20 (14) 29 0(7) 57 (34) 28 (13) 07 0(1) 13 0(0) 16 0(6) 13 0(3) 34 (19) 20 (15) 18 0(3) 3 0(2)
National team²
1993—	Honduras	78 (47)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 October 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 20 June 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Carlos Alberto Pavón Plummer (born October 9, 1973 in El Progreso) is a Honduran football player, who plays as a striker. He has recently been waived by Real España.

Pavón began his career at the age of 18 in his native Honduras with Real España on May 30, 1992 against Platense in the 1992 Honduran Cup, the final score was 1-1. While with Real España, Pavón won two Honduran league championships, as well as leading the league in scoring.

Pavón has played for Morelia in the Mexican Primera División, winning the 2000 Clausura with the club. He has also played for Toluca, San Luis, Correcaminos, Necaxa, Cruz Azul, and Celaya, where he led the Mexican Second Division in scoring.

He has played in Italy for both Udinese and Napoli from 2001-2003 and in Spain's first division with Real Valladolid (1995).

Pavón was also a vital player for the Honduras national team, and is the team's all-time leader in goals scored with 47. He is famous for scoring a hat-trick against Mexico in a 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier. He also scored four times against Cuba in a 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup group-stage match on June 13th, 2007.

He then played for Real España, the team in which he played the finals against Marathon.

Pavón also tried his luck on the music scene, but without major success. On June 19, 2007, he signed a deal to play for the Los Angeles Galaxy. [1] He scored twice in the away match against New York Red Bulls on 18 August 2007, both coming from David Beckham assists. The match attracted 66,000 fans, the highest attendance ever recorded for a Bulls game. Pavón was waived at the end of the season. He went back to Real Club España in Honduras for 2008 where he signed a 3 year contract and plans to retire there. He did have other offers in the MLS but decided to decline on them.