Erick Dowson Prado

Erick Dowson Prado
Personal information
Full nameErick Dowson Prado Mélendez
Date of birthJanuary 25, 1976
Place of birthSan Salvador, El Salvador
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Youth career
1991–1994ADET
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994–1996ADET
1996–1997Alianza
1997–1998ADET
1999–2000FAS
2001–2002Atlético Marte
2002–2011Isidro Metapán
2008FESA (loan)
National team
1993–2005El Salvador20(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 June 2009.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 September 2011
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Prado and the second or maternal family name is Meléndez.

Erick Dowson Prado Meléndez (born January 25, 1976 in San Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran footballer.

Club career

A tall and tough defensive midfielder, Prado has had a lengthy career in the Salvadoran Premier Division, starting with ADET with whom he clinched promotion to the top tier, alongside Santos Rivera and Héctor Canjura. After short spells at Alianza, ADET again, FAS and Atlético Marte, he ended up at Isidro Metapán for whom he played for almost 10 successive years bar a short stint at second division side FESA.[1]

Skipper of Metapán, Prado suffered a serious knee injury at the end of the 2010 Apertura season[2] and after almost 500 matches in 17 years of professional football, Prado finished his playing career in 2011 to become a coach.[3]

International career

Prado made his debut for El Salvador in a December 1993 friendly match against the United States and has earned a total of 20 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 7 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[4] and played at the 1999[5] and 2005 UNCAF Nations Cups[6] as well as at the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[7]

His final international game was a February 2005 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Costa Rica.

Honours

2007 Clausura, 2008 Apertura, 2009 Clausura, 2010 Clausura, 2010 Apertura

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