Elder José Figueroa Sarmiento (born October 14, 1980 in
Riohacha
Riohacha (; Wayuu: ) is a city in the Riohacha Municipality in the northern Caribbean Region of Colombia by the mouth of the Ranchería River and the Caribbean Sea. It is the capital city of the La Guajira Department. It has a sandy beach wa ...
) is a
Colombian and naturalized
Salvadoran
Salvadorans (), also known as Salvadorians, are citizens of El Salvador, a country in Central America. Most Salvadorans live in El Salvador, although there is also a significant Salvadoran diaspora, particularly in the United States, with smalle ...
football
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player.
Figueroa became a naturalized citizen of
El Salvador
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ...
in 2011, and received his first call-up to the
El Salvador national football team
The El Salvador national football team (), known as ("the National Team"), represents El Salvador in international football, and is governed by the Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol ().
The national team's first match was played in Septemb ...
a year later.
References
External links
El Gráfico Profile
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1980 births
Living people
People from La Guajira Department
Salvadoran men's footballers
El Salvador men's international footballers
Colombian men's footballers
Colombian emigrants to El Salvador
Naturalized citizens of El Salvador
Salvadoran people of Colombian descent
Men's association football defenders
Real Cartagena footballers
Tigres F.C. footballers
C.D. Vista Hermosa footballers
Atlético Balboa footballers
Alianza F.C. (El Salvador) footballers
C.D. Once Municipal footballers
C.D. FAS footballers
Colombian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in El Salvador
21st-century Colombian sportsmen