Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez (born 2 May 1983) is a Honduran former professional footballer who played as a left-back or centre-back.
[citation needed] On 20 December 2007, Honduran newspaper El Heraldo reported that, as a result of interest expressed by the Premier League club Wigan Athletic, Figueroa would travel to England.
[6] On 12 December 2009, Figueroa scored a goal against Stoke City from his own half to put Wigan in the lead.
[7] Although the match ended 2–2, Figueroa made the headlines the following day, with Alan Hansen calling it a candidate for Goal of the Season.
On 26 February 2011, he made his 100th Premier League appearance, playing the full 90 minutes at left-back in a 4–0 defeat against Manchester United at the DW Stadium.
He scored a goal against fellow relegation struggling side Birmingham City on 19 March 2011 that led to a 2–1 win for Wigan.
[9] On the last day of the season, Wigan needed to win and have results go their way in order to secure Premier League safety.
Figueroa provided the breakthrough for the away side in the 78th minute, setting up Hugo Rodallega to win the game 1–0 at Stoke City and confirm Wigan's safety in the Premier League.
[11] Wigan achieved success in the FA Cup winning the competition after beating Manchester City 1–0 in the final.
Newly promoted Premier League side Hull City announced the signing of Figueroa on a free transfer on 17 June 2013.
[25] Following his release by Hull City, Figueroa joined MLS team Colorado Rapids on 7 August 2015.
He was unable to save the Rapids season as they failed to qualify for the playoffs and finished the year in last place in the Western Conference.
In the playoffs, he would start both legs of Dallas's conference semi-final tie with Seattle Sounders FC, but they would fall 4–2 on aggregate.
He scored his second league goal with Dallas on 23 August, blasting a ball into the top of the net in a 3–3 draw with the Houston Dynamo in a Texas Derby match.
[32] Dallas would finish in 7th place in the Western Conference and miss out on the playoffs in 2017 after a late season collapse saw them win 2 of their final 14 games, just one year after doing a US Open Cup and Supporters Shield double.
[33] 2018 saw a reduced role for Figueroa, with the additions of the younger Anton Nedyalkov and Marquinhos Pedroso competing for the left back spot.
[36] Figueroa made his Dynamo debut on 19 February 2019 in a 1–0 win over CD Guastatoya in the CONCACAF Champions League.