Marlon Menjívar Ernesto (born 1 September 1965) is a retired

Salvadoran Salvadorans (Spanish: ''Salvadoreños''), also known as Salvadorians (alternate spelling: Salvadoreans), are citizens of El Salvador, a country in Central America. Most Salvadorans live in El Salvador, although there is also a significant Salvado ...

professional

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Club career

The moustached Menjívar was part of

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's most successful team of all time, playing in midfield alongside Firpo greats as

Leonel Cárcamo Leonel Cárcamo Batres (born May 5, 1965) is a retired Salvadoran football player. Club career Cárcamo has played all of his professional career at hometown club Luis Ángel Firpo, becoming a club legend in the process. Snapped up by Firpo fr ...

Edgar Henríquez Edgar Alonso Henríquez (born 16 March 1964) is a former Salvadoran professional football midfielder and currentlythe manager of El Salvador U-21 team. Club career Nicknamed ''Kiko'', Henríquez started his career at Tercera División club Ad ...

and

Giovanni Trigueros Giovanni Trigueros Martínez (born 8 December 1966) is a former Salvadoran professional footballer and currently manager. Club career Trigueros has played the majority of his career for Luis Ángel Firpo, with whom he won four league titles i ...

and winning four league titles with them. He scored the winning (and only) goal in the 1991 championship final against C.D. Águila.

International career

Menjívar made his debut for

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in a March 1989

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against

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and has earned a total of 16 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country at the

1995 UNCAF Nations Cup Six national football teams from Central America competed in the 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup (''Copa Centroamericana''). The winning team was Honduras, defeating Guatemala in the final. Squads Preliminary round Stadium First round Group A ' ...

and was a non-playing squad member at the

1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the third edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). The tournament returned to the United States and California; the games were hosted by Los ...

. His final international game was a December 1996

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match against

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Personal life

Menjívar has a construction business and runs his own soccer academy in

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, United States. His daughter Zulia plays for Montgomery College Rockville and was called up for the El Salvador women U-20 team in 2011.Sub 20 femenina, con refuerzos desde el norte
- El Gráfico

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Menjivar, Marlon 1965 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Salvadoran men's footballers El Salvador men's international footballers 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup players C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo footballers