José Francisco Jovel

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José Francisco Jovel
Personal information
Full name	José Francisco Jovel Cruz
Date of birth	(1951-05-26) 26 May 1951
Place of birth	Usulután, El Salvador
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Defender (retired)
Youth career
1965–1972	Calavera Usulután
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1972–1978	Luís Ángel Firpo
1979–1983	Águila
1984–1987	Luís Ángel Firpo
National team^‡
1976–1986	El Salvador
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2006. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 December 2006

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Jovel and the second or maternal family name is Cruz.

José Francisco Jovel Cruz (born 26 May 1951 in Usulután, El Salvador) is a retired football player from El Salvador who represented his country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.

His son Carlos Francisco Jovel Navas currently plays for Luís Ángel Firpo.

Club career

Paco Jovel started playing football with the Calaveras football team in the Salvadoran second division when only 14 years old and joined hometown premier division side Firpo in 1972. He formed a formidable partnership with Brazilian Luis Nelson De Moraes but won his only league title during a couple of seasons with Águila before finishing his career back at Firpo after spending 15 years at the highest level. He was nicknamed el Káiser because his playing style resembling that of West Germany legend Franz Beckenbauer.^[1]

International career

Jovel made his senior debut for El Salvador in 1976 and played for his country in 22 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and all three matches at the 1982 World Cup Finals.^[2] In total, he played 110 matches for the Cuscatlecos in all (including unofficial) matches.

Retirement and personal life

Jovel works as a social worker in San Miguel.^[3] He is married and has three children.

Honours

Salvadoran Premier League: 1

1983

References

↑ Francisco Jovel El ‘Káiser’ usuluteco - Diario de Oriente (Spanish)
↑ José Francisco Jovel – FIFA competition record
↑ Los Mundialistas del '82 en el 2007 - El Balón Cuscatleco (Spanish)

External links

Palabra de “el Kaiser” - El Gráfico (Spanish)

v t e 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 (c) 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

Persondata
Name	Jovel, Jose Francisco
Alternative names
Short description	Salvadoran footballer
Date of birth	30 October 1951
Place of birth	El Salvador
Date of death
Place of death

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