Adolfo Menéndez

Adolfo Humberto Menéndez Cortéz (born 13 April 1970 in Santa Ana, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Adolfo Menéndez
Personal information
Full name Adolfo Humberto Menéndez Cortez
Date of birth (1970-04-13) 13 April 1970
Place of birth Santa Ana, El Salvador
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1986–1987 San Luis
1988 San Rafael
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1991 Isidro Metapán
1991–2000 FAS
2000–2005 Isidro Metapán 113 (0)
2005–2006 Once Municipal 54 (0)
2007–2008 FAS 14 (0)
National team
1994–1999 El Salvador 4 (0)
Teams managed
2012–2015 A.D. Isidro Metapán (goalkeeper coach)
2016–2019 C.D. FAS (goalkeeper coach / assistant)
2019 Cobán Imperial (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Menéndez and the second or maternal family name is Cortéz.

Club career

Nicknamed Fito, Menéndez came through at San Luis and San Rafael and made his debut in Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador with Isidro Metapán in 1989, before joining FAS for a lengthy and successful spell during the 1990s. He won three league titles with FAS. In 2000, he returned to Isidro Metapán only to return to FAS, after a stint at Once Municipal, with whom he won the Apertura 2006.[1]

International career

Menéndez made his debut for El Salvador in a June 1994 friendly match against Brazil and has earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country at the 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup[2]

His final international match was an October 1999 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification match against Cuba.

Retirement

After retiring as a player, Menéndez was shortly caretaker-manager of FAS and currently works as goalkeeping coach at the club. In June 2011, Ménendez was one of the first to be heard in a legal case about possible selling of matches in 2010.[3]

Honours
1994, 1995, 1996, Apertura 2006

References
  1. Fito continuará de portero titular Archived March 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine - El Gráfico (in Spanish)
  2. UNCAF Tournament 1995 Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  3. "Con la plata que hablan, tuviéramos carro del año" - El Salvador.com (in Spanish)
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