Marvin Quijano

Marvin Quijano

Personal information
Full name	Marvin Quijano
Date of birth	October 10, 1979 (1979-10-10) (age 32)
Place of birth	San Salvador, El Salvador
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Midfielder striker
Youth career
1999	Rio Hondo College 30 (24)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998-2001	Los Angeles Galaxy	32	(4)
2002-2003	Colorado Rapids	6	(0)
Teams managed
2006-	Denver soccer club
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Marvin Quijano (born October 10, 1979 in San Salvador, El Salvador) is a former Salvadoran football (soccer) player, who last played midfield for Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer.

Beginning

Marvin Quijano began his soccer career playing for Rio Hondo college in 1999 in this season, he impressed the coaching staff with his technical brilliance and talents. Quijano had an extremely successful season scoring 24 goals in 30 games, winning every award possible (including All American selections 1999, far west east player of the year 1999 and Rio Honda player of the year Award 1999). Quijano was part of the Project-40 program.

L.A. Galaxy

Marvin Quijano decided to try out for the Los Angeles Galaxy roster after showing impressive skills and talent was signed up in 1998.^[1] Quijano played alongside fellow Salvadoran Mauricio Cienfuegos between 1998–2001 with 32 games and 4 goals. Quijano achieved three medals and achievements with the 2000 CONCACAF Champions Cup, 2001 US Open Cup 2001 and 2001 MLS Supporters' Shield. He was released by the Galaxy at the end of the 2001 season.

Colorado Rapids

Marvin Quijano impressed Colorado Rapids coach Tim Hankinson. They agreed to a deal for two years between 2002–2003; however, Marvin's experience was an unhappy one, playing six games in 2002 and playing no games in 2003. He was released.

Recent activities

Marvin Quijano was appointed head coach for the Denver soccer club a semi-professional club in 2006.

References

1. ^ "QUIJANO'S DECISION A GOOD ONE". Press-Telegram. 2001-08-15. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LB&p_theme=lb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EDF3AE5880869CE&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. 

Persondata
Name	Quijano, Marvin
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Date of birth	October 10, 1979
Place of birth	San Salvador, El Salvador
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