Salvador Flamenco Cabezas (born 28 February 1947) is a retired

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from El Salvador.

Career

Professional

Flamenco began his career playing for Quequeisque's youth system, being considered a promising young defender. He played in Primera and Segunda division for Quequeisque. Flamenco was soon signed to a long term professional contract by Adler in 1964. This would hinder as Adler refused to play abroad despite interest from

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and a few clubs from Argentina. Flamenco was eventually able to move to FAS in 1971 and he stayed there until 1973 when he moved to Platense under the tutelage of Jorge Tupinambá. He stayed there until Tupinambá was released, then followed Tupinambá to Firpo and Dragon. He retired from football in 1976.

International career

Flamenco represented his country at the

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and at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in

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Personal life

Flamenco's brother Jorge also was a professional footballer who played for ADLER.

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* 1947 births Living people Sportspeople from San Salvador Salvadoran footballers El Salvador international footballers Olympic footballers of El Salvador Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics 1970 FIFA World Cup players C.D. FAS footballers C.D. Atlético Marte footballers Association football forwards {{ElSalvador-footy-bio-stub