Rudis Corrales

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.

Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	25 May 2001	Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Panama	1–0	2–1	2001 UNCAF Nations Cup
2	9 February 2003	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama	Panama	2–1	2–1	2003 UNCAF Nations Cup
3	13 February 2003	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama	Nicaragua	3–0	1–0	2003 UNCAF Nations Cup
4	6 July 2003	The Home Depot Center, Carson, United States	Mexico	2–0	2–1	Friendly match
5	6 February 2008	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	Anguilla	3–0	12–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
6	6 February 2008	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	Anguilla	4–0	12–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
7	6 February 2008	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	Anguilla	6–0	12–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
8	6 February 2008	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	Anguilla	7–0	12–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
9	6 February 2008	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	Anguilla	8–0	12–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
10	26 March 2008	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States	Anguilla	2–0	4–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
11	23 April 2008	Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States	China	1–0	2–2	Friendly match
12	23 April 2008	Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States	China	2–0	2–2	Friendly match
13	19 November 2008	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	Costa Rica	1–0	1–3	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
14	27 May 2009	Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States	Ecuador	2–1	3–1	Friendly match
15	9 September 2009	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	Costa Rica	1–0	1–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
16	24 February 2010	Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, United States	United States	1–0	1–2	Friendly match
17	29 May 2011	Robertson Stadium, Houston, United States	Honduras	2–2	2–2	Friendly match

• Rudis Corrales at National-Football-Teams.com
• Profile - El Gráfico (in Spanish)