Giovanni Trigueros
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Giovanni Trigueros Martínez | ||
Date of birth | December 8, 1966 | ||
Place of birth | Ahuachapán, El Salvador | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
La Academia Barcelona | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1988-1997 | Luis Ángel Firpo | ||
National team‡ | |||
1988-1996 | El Salvador | 47 | (1) |
Teams managed | |||
2012 | El Salvador U20 | ||
2013 | El Salvador U17 (women) | ||
2014 | El Salvador (women) | ||
-2015 | El Salvador U20 | ||
2015- | Once Municipal | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Giovanni Trigueros Martínez (born 8 December 1966 in Ahuachapán, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran footballer who played as a central defender for Luis Ángel Firpo in the Salvadoran Premier League.
He currently acts as assistant to technical director Mauricio Alfaro of the El Salvador national under-20 football team.[1]
Club career
Trigueros has played the majority of his career for Firpo, with whom he won four league titles in 1989, 1991, 1992 and 1993.[2] He formed a legendary central defensive pairing with Leonel Cárcamo[3] in the national team as well at Firpo and was part of the most successful team in the history of the club, lining up alongside players like Marlon Menjívar, Mauricio Cienfuegos and Raúl Díaz Arce.
International career
Trigueros made his debut for El Salvador in a March 1988 friendly match against Mexico and has earned a total of 47 caps, scoring 1 goal.[4] He has represented his country in 19 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[5][6] Hew has also been captain of the national team.
His final international was a November 1996 friendly match against Mexico.
International goals
- Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 10 November 1996 | Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador | Panama | 3-2 | 3-2 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
References
- ↑ Alfaro define grupo Sub 20 para viajar a México - El Salvador FC.com (Spanish)
- ↑ Homenaje para un gigante Giovanni Trigueros se despide esta tarde en el Simeón Magaña - El Diario de Hoy (Spanish)
- ↑ Cárcamo Batres y los siete títulos con el Firpo - La Prensa Gráfica (Spanish)
- ↑ El Salvador - Record International Players - RSSSF
- ↑ Giovanni Trigueros – FIFA competition record
- ↑ Giovanni Trigueros – FIFA competition record
External links
- Giovanni Trigueros at National-Football-Teams.com