José Luis Rugamas Portillo (born 5 June 1953 in San Salvador) is a

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and former professional player. He was interim manager of the El Salvador national team. As a player, he represented his country at the

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in Spain.

Club career

Rugamas played the majority of his career for

Atlético Marte Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico *Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy *Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...

with whom he won two league titles. He had earlier clinched a championship with Platense in 1975. At the end of his career he had spells in Guatemalan and Belizean football.

International career

Rugamas represented his country in 16

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matches and played in two games at the

. His final international game was a September 1989

match against the

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Managerial career

From 1996 to 1998, Rugamas managed the Reserves of

, including the Apertura 1998 and the Clausura 1999. In 1996, he became manager of Atlético Marte and would continue to do so until 1997. He also managed Atlético Marte in the Clausura 1999 and the Apertura 1999. He took the reins at FAS in 1999 along with José María Rivas.Mandingo y Rugamas le van a FAS
– El Diario de Hoy

National teams

In 2005, he became manager of the

El Salvador national under-20 football team The El Salvador Under 20s football team, is commonly known as La Azulita. La Azulita is controlled by Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol(FESFUT) and represents El Salvador in all international Under 20 competitions. Their first U-20 World Cup ...

. From 2006 to 2009, under

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' reign, Rugamas was the assistant coach of the El Salvador national football team. After the resignation of de los Cobos at the end of 2009, Rugamas stepped up and became the interim coach for his country the following year. His contract would have expired in December 2010 as the interim manager although the CESEN and the

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organized an agreement to let him manage the El Salvador national football team throughout the

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Honours

Club honours

As a player

* Platense **

Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional de El Salvador (First Division of Professional Football of El Salvador), more commonly known as La Liga Mayor or La Primera, also known as Liga Pepsi for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional ...

(La Primera) (1): 1975 *

(La Primera) (2): 1980–81, 1982 **

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Runners-up (1):

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* FAS **

(La Primera) (1): 1984

References

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El Salvador en la Copa Mundo 1982
– ElBalónCuscatleco {{DEFAULTSORT:Rugamas, Jose Luis 1953 births Living people Footballers from San Salvador Men's association football midfielders Salvadoran men's footballers El Salvador men's international footballers 1982 FIFA World Cup players C.D. Atlético Marte footballers C.D. FAS footballers C.S.D. Municipal players Salvadoran expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala Expatriate men's footballers in Belize Salvadoran expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala Salvadoran expatriate sportspeople in Belize El Salvador national football team managers Premier League of Belize players Salvadoran football managers