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
footballer
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.
Club career
The moustached Menjívar was part of
Luis Ángel Firpo
Luis Ángel Firpo (October 11, 1894 – August 7, 1960) was an Argentine boxer. Born in Junín, Argentina, he was nicknamed ''The Wild Bull of the Pampas''.
Boxing career
In 1917, Firpo began his professional boxing career by beating Frank Hag ...
'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
El Salvador
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in a March 1989
friendly match
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against
Guatemala
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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
FIFA World Cup qualification
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Qualifying tournaments are hel ...
match against
Cuba
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.
Personal life
Menjívar has a construction business and runs his own soccer academy in
Maryland
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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
References
External links
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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