Deris Ariel Umanzor Guevara (born 7 January 1980) is a retired
Salvadoran
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professional
footballer
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.
Club career
Deris Umanzor began his career in the youth system of
Municipal Limeño and eventually moved up to the first team in 1998.
After six seasons with
Municipal Limeño, Umanzor moved to top Salvadoran side
Águila in 2005. Umanzor has been one of the top left backs in the
Salvadoran Primera División.
On 8 April 2010, he was acquired by
MLS
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club
Chicago Fire.
Umanzor and Chicago Fire mutually agreed to terminate his contract on 9 February 2011, making him a
free agent
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.
In May 2011 it was announced he would return to
Águila after the
2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup
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The competition started on June ...
.
Umanzor finished his career with the second most games in the primera division with 622 games, 429 games and 20 goals with
Aguila
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Places
*El Aguila, Valle del Cauca, a town and municipality in Colombia
*Aguila, Arizona, United States
Ships
* Chilean brigantine ''Águila'' (1796), the first ship of the Chilean Navy
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, and 193 games and 26 goals with
Municipal Limeñobr>
After being released By Aguila at the end 2017, In January 2018, Deris Umanzor announced his retirement from football
International career
Umanzor made his debut for
El Salvador national football team, El Salvador in an October 2000
FIFA World Cup qualification match against
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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and has, as of February 2012, earned a total of 44 caps, scoring 2 goals.
He has represented his country in 9
FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the
2001,
2005 and
2011 UNCAF Nations Cups as well as at the
2002 and
2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup
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s and was a non-playing squad member at the
2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup
The 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition, and the 21st CONCACAF regional championship overall in CONCACAF's 50 years of existence. The United States was the host nation.
The competition started on June ...
.
CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2011 – Full Details
– RSSSF
International goals
References
External links
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1980 births
Living people
People from La Unión Department
Men's association football defenders
Salvadoran men's footballers
El Salvador men's international footballers
2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
C.D. Águila footballers
Chicago Fire FC players
Salvadoran expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
Major League Soccer players
Salvadoran expatriate sportspeople in the United States