Mauricio Alberto Villalta Ávila (19 November 1947 – 4 March 2017) was a Salvadoran

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Club career

Villalta played for Alianza, with whom he won their first league title in 1966,

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and FAS.

International career

He represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in

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and at the

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also in Mexico.

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La historia de la clasificacion a la Copa Mundo 1970
– El Balón Cuscatleco 1947 births 2017 deaths Footballers from San Salvador Men's association football midfielders Salvadoran men's footballers El Salvador men's international footballers 1970 FIFA World Cup players Olympic footballers for El Salvador Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Alianza F.C. footballers C.D. Atlético Marte footballers C.D. FAS footballers {{ElSalvador-footy-bio-stub