Former Marathón Footballer Asks for a Second Chance

Alexis Duarte is a former Honduran footballer who played for Petrotela, Platense, Marathón, Vida, Deportes Savio and Real Maya, and also had a spell in Guatemalan football. He joined Marathón in 1997. He says the two clubs where he keeps his most important memories are Petrotela and Platense. The article does not say when his playing career ended.

In late September 2026 the Honduran outlet TuNota reported that Duarte was living on the street in Tela, in the department of Atlántida. He told the journalist Ricardo Luján that he had been sleeping on a sidewalk for more than a week. He has spoken in the past about his substance use. After a rehabilitation programme in San Juan Pueblo, he went back to the situation he is in now. Asked why it had happened, he answered with a rhetorical question: what would it mean to have the answer, as he or any human being? He added that one habit leads to another.

He mentioned an older brother and a daughter who lives in Sabá, in the department of Colón.

Duarte appealed directly to the authorities in Tela, naming the local deputy Néstor among them, and asked for help so that he could take up rehabilitation again. He told them he would respond to the support and would not let them down. The article does not say whether any support followed.

The report also links to a 2023 video of an altercation between Duarte and another man living on the street in La Ceiba, a reminder that his situation has been publicly visible for some time.