Salvador Bernárdez (6 January 1954 – 18 July 2011) was a
Honduran international
football
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midfielder
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.
Club career
Nicknamed ''Pichini'' and ''Pólvora'', Bernárdez played his entire career for
F.C. Motagua
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in the
Honduran league. He was the Honduran league's top goalscorer in the 1978/79 season and still is the 9th best scorer for Motagua of all time with 36 goals.
International career
Bernárdez has represented
Honduras
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in 9
1982 FIFA World Cup qualification
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matches, helping them to qualify for their first World Cup Finals tournament. He did however not make the final squad for Spain 1982 due to injury. He went on to earn 14 caps, scoring 5 goals.
International goals
:''Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first.''
Retirement
He coached Barcelona a U-15 Boys competitive team for one season. He moved to the United States in the 1980s.
Personal life and death
Bernárdez' father Víctor also played for Motagua in the 1940s and 1950s. Salvador was married to Julia Maritza Gracia.
He died at the age of 58 in
San Francisco
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,
California
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from a heart attack.
LaPrensa.hn – Fallece Salvador 'Pichini' Bernárdez
– 18 July 2011
Honours
: Motagua
:: 1978–79
: Individual
:: Top goalscorer with Motagua in 1978–79
References
External links
En Estados Unidos falleció “Pichini” Bernárdez
- Honduras Fútbol
1950s births
2011 deaths
People from La Ceiba
Association football midfielders
Honduran footballers
Honduras international footballers
F.C. Motagua players
Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players
Honduran emigrants to the United States
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