- Mauricio Alfaro
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Mauricio Alfaro Personal information Full name Mauricio Alberto Alfaro Valladares Date of birth February 13, 1956 Place of birth El Salvador Playing position midfielder Number 16 Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1976–1982 Platense 1983–1985 C.D. FAS 1988–1989 Cojutepeque F.C. National team 1979–1989 El Salvador Teams managed 2004–2005 Platense 2005 Coca Colo 2009– El Salvador U-21 2010– El Salvador (Assistant coach)[1] * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2007.
† Appearances (Goals).This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Alfaro and the second or maternal family name is Valladares.Mauricio Alberto Alfaro Valladares (born 13 February 1956) is a retired soccer player from El Salvador who represented his country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.
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Club career
Nicknamed el Tuco, Alfaro started his career at Platense and joined Salvadoran giants C.D. FAS in 1983. With FAS he won a league title in 1984. He finished his career with Cojutepeque F.C., with whom he lost the 1988/89 league final to Luis Angel Firpo.[2]
International career
He made his debut for El Salvador in 1979 and has earned over 15 caps. He has represented his country in 10 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played in the 1982 World Cup Finals match against Argentina.[3]
Managerial career
His first job was at Platense, where he was dismissed in January 2005.[4]
He is currently the coach El Salvador U-21 who he helped qualify for the 2010 CAC Games in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Honours
- Salvadoran Premier League: 1
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- 1984
References
- ^ "Rugamas will coach until the UNCAF games". La Prensa Grafica. 2010-11-20. http://www.laprensagrafica.com/deportes/futbol-nacional/152448-rugamas-dirigira-en-uncaf.html. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
- ^ El Salvador - List of Final Tables 1988/89 - RSSSF
- ^ Mauricio Alfaro – FIFA competition record
- ^ Alfaro ya no es el técnico del Platense - El Diario de Hoy (Spanish)
El Salvador squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup 1 Guevara • 2 Castillo • 3 Jovel • 4 Recinos • 5 Fagoaga • 6 Ventura • 7 Aquino • 8 Rugamas • 9 Ever Hernández • 10 Huezo • 11 González • 12 Osorto • 13 Rivas • 14 Ramírez • 15 J. Rodríguez • 16 Alfaro • 17 Ragazzone • 18 Díaz • 19 Eduardo Hernández • 20 Munguía • Coach: M. Rodríguez
Categories:- 1956 births
- Living people
- Association football forwards
- Salvadoran footballers
- El Salvador international footballers
- 1982 FIFA World Cup players
- C.D. FAS footballers
- Salvadoran football biography stubs
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