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Arnold Peralta, who played for the Glasgow side for 18 months, was found with fatal gunshot wounds at a shopping centre car park.

The 26-year-old helped Rangers win the 2013-2014 Scottish League One title.

He left in January and returned to Honduras – his home country – to play for Club Deportivo Olimpia.

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Peralta was shot in the La Ceiba region.

The midfielder won 24 caps for his country and played at the 2014 World Cup and 2012 London Olympics.

His devastated dad Carlos said: "This is terrible. They killed my exemplary son. I can't say more because of the pain I feel."

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Osman Madrid, director of the Honduran national football federation, said: "This is a tragic death that the national sport mourns."

Peralta's death bears similarities to the death of Colombian Andres Escobar, who was shot dead after the 1994 World Cup.

Earlier this year, another Honduran footballer, Walter Nahun Lopez, was shot dead outside a football stadium when visiting his wife's relatives.