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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). |
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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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]
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]
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
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