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, 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 ...

and has represented his country in 2

FIFA World Cup qualification The FIFA World Cup qualification is a set of competitive matches that a national association football team plays in order to qualify for one of the available berths at the final tournament of the men's FIFA World Cup. Qualifying tournaments ar ...

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. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...

in 1969 which sparked the infamous

Football War The Football War (), also known as the Soccer War or the 100 Hour War, was a brief military conflict fought between El Salvador and Honduras in 1969. Existing tensions between the two countries coincided with rioting during a 1970 FIFA World ...

, but he did not make the squad for the

1970 FIFA World Cup The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the 9th 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 to ...

Managerial career

After retiring, Búcaro managed a crop of lower-division sides like Salvadoreño (Armenia),

Arcense Club Deportivo Arcense Ciudad Arce, commonly known as C.D. Arcense are a El Salvador, Salvadoran professional football (soccer), football football club, club based in Ciudad Arce. History In 15 April 2002, Arcense won promotion to the Salvadora ...

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 Búcaro
at playmakerstats.com (English version of ceroacero.es) * 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. (El Salvador) footballers C.D. FAS footballers Salvadoran football managers Sportspeople from San Miguel, El Salvador {{ElSalvador-footy-bio-stub