Jorge Adalberto Búcaro (5 May 1946 – 26 October 2023) was a Salvadoran football player and manager.
Club career
''El Gancho'' (the Hook) Búcaro started his career in 1966 with
Águila and won the 1968 league title with them. In 1971, he joined
Alianza followed by a move to
Platense with whom he won another league title in 1975. He retired when playing with
FAS in 1976.
International career
Búcaro also played for
El Salvador
El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de 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 b ...
and has represented his country in 2
FIFA World Cup qualification
The FIFA World Cup qualification is a competitive match that a national association football team takes in order to qualify for one of the available berths at the final tournament of the (men's) FIFA World Cup.
Qualifying tournaments are hel ...
matches in 1968. He also was a squad member of the ''Selección'' when they played
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
in 1969 which sparked the infamous
Football War
The Football War ( es, La guerra del fútbol; colloquial: Soccer War), also known as the Hundred Hours' War or 100 Hour War, was a brief military conflict fought between El Salvador and Honduras in 1969. Existing tensions between the two countr ...
, but he did not make the squad for the
1970 FIFA World Cup
The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May t ...
.
Managerial career
After retiring, Búcaro managed a crop of lower-division sides like
Salvadoreño (Armenia),
Arcense and
El Roble before taking charge of Second Division
Santa Tecla.
Death
Jorge Búcaro died on 26 October 2023, at the age of 77.
References
External links
Jorge Búcaroat playmakerstats.com (English version of ceroacero.es)
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1946 births
2023 deaths
Men's association football midfielders
Salvadoran men's footballers
El Salvador men's international footballers
C.D. Águila footballers
Alianza F.C. footballers
C.D. FAS footballers
Salvadoran football managers
People from San Miguel, El Salvador
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