Mauricio Alberto Alfaro Valladares (born 13 February 1956) is a former
soccer professional player from
El Salvador, who represented his country at the
1982 FIFA World Cup in
Spain
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Club career
Nicknamed ''El Tuco'', Alfaro started his career at
Platense and later joined Salvadoran giants
FAS in 1983.
With
FAS he won a league title in 1984. He finished his career with
Cojutepeque
Cojutepeque () is the capital city of El Salvador's Cuscatlán department. It also served as the capital of San Salvador during several years. It also serves as the administrative centre for the surrounding municipality of Cojutepeque. Its popul ...
, with whom he lost the 1988/89 national league final to
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 Ha ...
.
International career
He made his debut for
El Salvador in 1979, and has earned over 15 caps.
He has represented his country in 10
FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played in the
1982 FIFA World Cup final group stage match, against
Argentina
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.
Managerial career
His first job was at
Platense, where he was dismissed in January 2005.
He has coached varies clubs in the lower leagues of
El Salvador, such as Telecom,
Coca-Cola
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, Municipal and San Rafael F.C..
He was coached of
El Salvador U-21 and
El Salvador U-20, who he helped qualify for the
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
The 21st Central American and Caribbean Games (Spanish: ''XXI Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe, Mayagüez 2010'') took place in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, from 18 July 2010 to 1 August 2010.
Bid
It was understood that Mayagüez was going to b ...
in
Mayagüez,
Puerto Rico
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and the
2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup
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.
He helped to
El Salvador U-20 become the first Salvadoran team to win a game at a
FIFA U-20 World Cup
The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members’ men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 whe ...
, by defeating the
Australia team 2–1.
Later, he coached in the
Primera División de El Salvador for the first time in 2016, leading the recently promoted
Municipal Limeño in the Apertura 2016 campaign.
He later resigned, which came as a shock as he amassed a respectable five wins and six draws from seventeen games, he cited crowd problems and clashes with several players, as the main reasons.
Honors
Playing
Club
;
FAS
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Primera División Winner (1): 1984
Manager
National Team
Third Place
Managerial stats
References
1956 births
Living people
People from La Paz Department (El Salvador)
Association football forwards
Salvadoran footballers
El Salvador international footballers
1982 FIFA World Cup players
Alianza F.C. footballers
C.D. FAS footballers
Municipal Limeño managers
Salvadoran football managers
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