Héctor Anibal Ávalos Tobar (born April 9, 1978 in

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) is a Salvadoran

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who currently plays for

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 ...

in the

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Club career

Ávalos started his career in 1994 with hometown club

in the

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until leaving for Juventud Olimpia Metalio in 1999. He then made his debut in the Premier division with Alianza in 2000 and joined Arcense 2 years later. After a second spell at Once Municipal, he moved on to big club FAS only to return to Once Municipal again in 2010.

International career

Ávalos made his debut for

in a November 2006

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against

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and has earned a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country at the

2007 UNCAF Nations Cup The 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup was the ninth version of the biennial football tournament for the CONCACAF national teams of Central America. The event took place in San Salvador, El Salvador from February 8 to February 18, 2007. It was the second time ...

.UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2007 - Details
- RSSSF His final international was the February 2007 UNCAF Cup match against

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* 1978 births Living people People from Ahuachapán Men's association football midfielders Salvadoran men's footballers El Salvador men's international footballers C.D. Once Municipal footballers Alianza F.C. footballers C.D. FAS footballers {{ElSalvador-footy-bio-stub