José Rafael Tobar Lemus (born 24 November 1975 in Turín) is a Salvadoran

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player who plays as defender for

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Club career

Tobar started his career at hometown club Turín in the third division and joined Salvadoran second division side

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in 1992. After a short spell at

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he made his debut at the highest domestic level, the Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador, with Luis Ángel Firpo in 1996 and in 1998 he won the league title with them. After two more championships, he left Firpo for rivals FAS for whom he debuted in November 2000 against

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and with whom he won five league titles. In December 2006 Tobar was put on the transfer list and finally moved to Isidro Metapán only to rejoin Firpo for a season. He then had spells at Juventud Independiente and

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who were later renamed

International career

Tobar made his debut for

in a November 1998 friendly match against

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and has earned a total of 7 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 2

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matches and played at the

2005 UNCAF Nations Cup The eighth edition of the bi-annual UNCAF Nations Cup was held in Guatemala, from February 19 to 27, 2005. All matches were played at the Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City. The four semifinalists qualified for 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Squads : ...

.Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2005 - Details
- RSSSF His final international game was an August 2005 friendly match against Paraguay.

Honours

* Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador: 8 :: 1998/1999, 1999 Clausura, 2000 Clausura, 2002 Clausura, 2002 Apertura, 2003 Apertura, 2004 Apertura, 2005 Clausura

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