Adolfo Menéndez

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Adolfo Menéndez
Personal information
Full name Adolfo Humberto Menéndez Cortez
Date of birth (1970-04-13) 13 April 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Santa Ana, El Salvador
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Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1986-1987 San Luis
1988 San Rafael
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989-1991 Isidro Metapán
1991-2000 FAS
2000-2005 Isidro Metapán 113 (0)
2005-2006 Once Municipal 54 (0)
2007-2008 FAS 14 (0)
International career
1994-1999 El Salvador 4 (0)
Managerial career
2010 C.D. FAS (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 July 2011

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Adolfo Humberto Menéndez Cortéz (born 13 April 1970 in Santa Ana, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran footballer who currently acts as goalkeeper coach at C.D. FAS.

Club career

Nicknamed Fito, Menéndez came through at San Luis and San Rafael and made his Premier Division debut with Isidro Metapán in 1989, before joining FAS for a lengthy and successful spell during the 1990s. He won three league titles with FAS. In 2000 he returned to Isidro Metapán only to return to FAS, after a stint at Once Municipal, with whom he won the Apertura 2006.[1]

International career

Menéndez made his debut for El Salvador in a June 1994 friendly match against Brazil and has earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country at the 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup[2]

His final international match was an October 1999 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification match against Cuba.

Retirement

After retiring as a player, Menéndez was shortly caretaker-manager of FAS and currently works as goalkeeping coach at the club. In June 2011, Ménendez was one of the first to be heard in a legal case about possible selling of matches in 2010.[3]

Honours

1994, 1995, 1996, Apertura 2006

References

External links

  • Adolfo Menéndez at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • Profile - CD FAS