Luis Arturo Swisher Salguero (born 21 June 1978) is a former Guatemalan football defender.

Club career

Swisher started his professional career with Aurora F.C. making his debut with the club in 1997. He then played for some other local teams before he joined Polish side

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from CD Suchitepéquez in June 2005, after several exceptional years in Guatemala. He lasted only one season in Europe and returned to Suchitepéquez only to play for four different teams in the next four seasons. After joining Petapa in 2009 he moved to USAC before the 2009–2010 season. In March 2010, his former club Jalapa were deducted 6 points for breach of contract after not paying the salaries of Swisher and Maynor Dávila. In June 2013, Swisher announces his retirement from professional football, making USAC his last team. Worked as a coach for the

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and currently is the head coach of U17 St. Louis City SC.

International career

Swisher made his debut for Guatemala in a January 2000 friendly match against

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and has, as of January 2010, earned a total of 23 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 9 FIFA World Cup qualification matches as well as at the

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. He then was not considered for the national team by Ramón Maradiaga for four years before returning to the squad in 2006 and to play at the

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. He also played at the UNCAF Nations Cup 2001.

Management

Swisher was named head coach of FC Boulder of the

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for the 2017 season. * 2017 USL PDL Season Second Place (Mountain Division) In June 2018 Swisher was appointed as the new coach of

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U19, bronze medalist finish on the 2018/19 season of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Swisher, Luis 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Guatemala City Association football defenders Guatemalan footballers Guatemalan expatriate footballers Guatemala international footballers 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup players 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Aurora F.C. players Comunicaciones F.C. players Universidad de San Carlos players Cobán Imperial players C.D. Suchitepéquez players Polonia Warsaw players Xelajú MC players Ekstraklasa players Expatriate footballers in Poland Guatemalan expatriate sportspeople in Poland Copa Centroamericana-winning players Antigua GFC players Guatemalan people of Swiss descent Deportivo Petapa players