Salvador Arturo Coreas Privado (born 22 November 1960 in

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) is a retired

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player who has also been working as a coach. He currently is the coach of C.D. Aguila He is the brother of Víctor Coreas Privado, the late Luis Abraham Coreas Privado, Marcos Coreas and Carlos Coreas.

Club career

Nicknamed ''Macho Seco'', Coreas started playing football in the youth team of Quelepita and moved to local rivals Liberal when 14 years old. A year later he joined

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side Liberal and he subsequently left them for Obrajuelo. In 1976, he signed for Salvadoran giants Águila, where he would play alongside great players like José Francisco Jovel and stay for 17 years. A pacy winger, he was played at both the left and right side of the field. In 1993, he had a season with

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International career

Coreas has represented

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in 6

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matches, His final international game was a June 1994

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against

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International goals

:''Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.''

References

External links

Salvador Coreas: "El fútbol fue una religión para los Coreas"
- El Gráfico * 1960 births Living people People from San Miguel Department (El Salvador) Men's association football wingers Salvadoran men's footballers El Salvador men's international footballers C.D. Águila footballers Los Angeles Salsa players American Professional Soccer League players Salvadoran expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Salvadoran expatriate sportspeople in the United States Salvadoran football managers {{ElSalvador-footy-bio-stub