Carlos Alberto Menjívar Aguilar, Jr. (born April 13, 1981) is a former professional

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who last played for

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. Born in the United States, he represented the El Salvador national team.

Club career

In his early years, Menjívar spent a year at the famous Tahuichi Academy in Bolivia, before playing at the American Global Soccer School and college soccer in his native California. In 2002, he joined Salvadoran giants FAS, making his debut in June 2002 against Mexican side

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. He then left for league rivals Águila, only to return to FAS after a year. In 2007, he moved to

Once Municipal Club Deportivo Once Municipal was a Salvadoran football team from Ahuachapán that last competed in the Primera División, the premier division of Football in El Salvador, in 2018. It was nicknamed "''The Canarian Tank"'', and its home stadium ...

and had a stint at Isidro Metapán before moving to

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with whom he relegated to the Second Division. In 2010, he signed for Juventud Independiente, with whom he clinched promotion to the Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador in 2011.

International career

Menjívar made his debut for

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in a November 2002 friendly match against the United States and has earned a total of 16 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country at the

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as well as at the

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and

2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the ninth edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF), and was won by the United States over Mexico. It was contested in the United States from ...

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- RSSSF His final international match was a June 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup game against Trinidad & Tobago. Coaching Career Carlos has been coaching youth for the past 6 years 2010-United Futbol Club 2012-2014 Temecula Hawks 2014-2015 San Diego State University Director of Operations Men's Soccer 2016- MVLA Soccer Club 2017- PDL-Burlingame Dragons Assistant Coach

Honours

* Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador: 3 :: 2002 Clausura, 2002 Apertura, 2003 Apertura

References

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- El Gráfico {{DEFAULTSORT:Menjivar, Carlos 1981 births American men's soccer players Salvadoran men's footballers American sportspeople of Salvadoran descent Citizens of El Salvador through descent El Salvador men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players San Diego State Aztecs men's soccer players C.D. FAS footballers C.D. Águila footballers C.D. Once Municipal footballers A.D. Isidro Metapán footballers Soccer players from San Francisco Living people