Jorge Joaquín Cañas Cerna was a

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player. Throughout his career he had various nicknames: ''El Cuto'', ''La Flecha'' and ''Cañitas''. Jorge Cañas was the son of Amanda Cañas Cerna and Jorge Alberto Cañas Andrade. His younger siblings are: his brother Carlos Ernesto Cañas Cerna (who also played as a fearless left defender in C.D. FAS) and his ''baby'' sister (as Cañitas always referred to her because of their large age difference) Elizabeth Nájera Cañas. Cañitas was beloved by fans, teammates and the team management. A testament to this was seen at the religious mass on the 10th anniversary of his death, which in addition to his mother, brother, sister and surviving family (wife, two sons, a daughter and grand children), was also attended by several of his C.D. FAS teammates and by Don Jaime Battle (ex-president of C.D. Fas). Although Cañitas and his younger brother, nicknamed ''El Burro'', played together at C.D. FAS in 1972, they also often found each other in opposing teams. A common anecdote between the brothers came from a match where they played for opposing teams and where they were matched up against each other. ''El Burro'' was playing at C.D. FAS and ''Cañitas'' at Sonsonate. Sonsonate had a green uniform, with green socks. The brothers joked in later years about facing each other in that match, where ''El Burro'' played a very rough game against his older sibling. After the match, when they arrived at their common home, ''Cañitas'' confronted his younger brother about his rough play during the match, to which ''El Burro'' responded: ''Hey, all I saw were the green socks!''

Club career

Born in

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, Cañitas played most of his career with his beloved team and local giants

C.D. FAS Club Deportivo Futbolistas Asociados Santanecos, commonly known as FAS (pronounced "fas"), is a professional Salvadoran football club based in Santa Ana. It competes in Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador, the country's top professiona ...

, with whom he won the league title in 1962 and in 1971.Equipo Titular de 1971
- CD FAS

References

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- CD FAS {{DEFAULTSORT:Canas, Jorge 1942 births 1997 deaths Footballers from Santa Ana, El Salvador Men's association football forwards Salvadoran men's footballers C.D. FAS footballers C.D. Once Municipal footballers