Santiago Cortés Méndez (19 January 1945 – 25 July 2011) was a

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from

El Salvador El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ...

International career

Cortés represented his country at the

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Death

Santiago Cortes Mendez, who figured as midfielder for the national team of El Salvador who participated in the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, died on Monday, 25 July 2011 in Los Angeles at age 66, after suffering in recent months of brain cancer.

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* - CD Atlético Marte 1945 births 2011 deaths Men's association football central defenders Salvadoran men's footballers El Salvador men's international footballers 1970 FIFA World Cup players C.D. Atlético Marte footballers Deaths from brain cancer in California {{ElSalvador-footy-bio-stub