William Adalberto Osorio Rivera (born April 13, 1971) is a retired

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. He was assistant coach at CD FAS, assisting technical director William Renderos.

Club career

After coming through at

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, for whom he made his debut in 1987 while in the Salvadoran second division, Osorio started his top level career with FAS and made his debut in August 1990 against Fuerte San Francisco. He won 6 league titles with FAS in two periods divided by a spell at

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with whom he also won the league in 1998. He was a long time captain of FAS and after leaving FAS in the summer of 2005, he also played professionally for Isidro Metapán and Chalatenango of the

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International career

Osorio made his debut for El Salvador in an April 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup qualification match against

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and has earned a total of 67 caps, scoring no goals. Osorio has been a national team stalwart for over 10 years and has represented his country in 18 FIFA World Cup qualification matches over three campaigns and played at the

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and

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s, as well as at the 1996 and

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s. His final international game was a January

match against the

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Personal life

Osorio is married and has two sons.26 mayo: El denominador común
- El Diario de Hoy

Honours

: 7 :: 1995, 1996, 1998, 2002 Clausura, 2002 Apertura, 2004 Apertura, 2005 Clausura

References

External links

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Profile
- CD FAS
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- El Salvador.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Osorio, William 1971 births Living people Footballers from San Salvador Men's association football defenders Salvadoran men's footballers El Salvador men's international footballers 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup players C.D. FAS footballers C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo footballers A.D. Isidro Metapán footballers A.D. Chalatenango footballers C.D. FAS managers Salvadoran football managers