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Mario Mayén Meza Personal information Full name Mario Ernesto Mayén Meza Date of birth May 19, 1968 Place of birth La Libertad, El Salvador Playing position Defender Youth career 1987 FAS Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1988-1995 Alianza 1995-1999 FAS 1999-2002 Águila 2002-2004 San Salvador F.C. National team‡ 1991-1998 El Salvador 36 (0) Teams managed 2007 San Salvador F.C. (assistant) 2008 Fuerte San Francisco Luis Ángel Firpo(assistant) 2011- Águila (assistant) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 28, 2010.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 28, 2010This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Mayén and the second or maternal family name is Meza.Mario Ernesto Mayén Meza (born on 19 May 1968 in La Libertad, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran professional footballer.
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Club career
Mayén Meza has played for three of the 'Big Four' of Salvadoran football: Alianza, FAS and Águila. He finished his career at San Salvador F.C., with whom he won their first league title.[1]
International career
Nicknamed el Negro, Mayén made his debut for El Salvador in an April 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup qualification match against Nicaragua and has earned a total of 36 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 6 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[2] and played at the 1991, 1993[3], 1995[4] and 1997 UNCAF Nations Cups[5] as well as at the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup[6]
His final international match was a May 1997 World Cup qualification match against Jamaica.
Retirement
Formally, his name is Meza Mayén instead of Mayén Meza because his father's name is Meza. He was also nicknamed el Tiburón (the Shark), since he used to smell like fish at the training ground after first helping his mother in her fish shops. He now runs his own seafood business in La Libertad[7] and has been an assistant coach with San Salvador F.C., where he was dismissed in April 2007[8], Luis Ángel Firpo and Águila.
References
- ^ Una histórica Victoria - El Diario de Hoy (Spanish)
- ^ Mario Mayén Meza – FIFA competition record
- ^ UNCAF Tournament 1993 - RSSSF
- ^ UNCAF Tournament 1995 - RSSSF
- ^ UNCAF Tournament 1997 - RSSSF
- ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1996 - Full Details - RSSSF
- ^ ¿Qué PASó con... mario mayén meza? - El Salvador.com (Spanish)
- ^ Saúl Rivero, al rescate - El Salvador.com (Spanish)
External links
- Mario Mayén Meza at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:- 1968 births
- Living people
- People from La Libertad Department
- Association football defenders
- Salvadoran footballers
- El Salvador international footballers
- 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Alianza F.C. footballers
- C.D. FAS footballers
- C.D. Aguila footballers
- San Salvador F.C. footballers
- Salvadoran football biography stubs
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