Marlon Menjívar

Marlon Menjívar Ernesto (born 1 September 1965) is a retired Salvadoran professional footballer.

Marlon Menjívar
Personal information
Full name Marlon Menjívar Ernesto
Date of birth (1965-09-01) September 1, 1965
Place of birth El Salvador
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1987 Chalatenango
1988–1997 Luis Ángel Firpo
National team
1989–1996 El Salvador 16 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Menjívar and the second or maternal family name is Ernesto.

Club career

The moustached Menjívar was part of Luis Ángel Firpo's most successful team of all time, playing in midfield alongside Firpo greats as Leonel Cárcamo, Edgar Henríquez and Giovanni Trigueros and winning four league titles with them.[1] He scored the winning (and only) goal in the 1991 championship final against C.D. Águila.[2]

International career

Menjívar made his debut for El Salvador in a March 1989 friendly match against Guatemala and has earned a total of 16 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country at the 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup[3][4] and was a non-playing squad member at the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[5]

His final international game was a December 1996 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Cuba.

Personal life

Menjívar has a construction business and runs his own soccer academy in Maryland, United States.[6] His daughter Zulia plays for Montgomery College Rockville[7] and was called up for the El Salvador women U-20 team in 2011.[8]

References
  1. Firpo Campeón - El Gráfico (in Spanish)
  2. El Salvador 1990/91 - RSSSF
  3. UNCAF Tournament 1995 Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  4. UNCAF 1995: Fuimos terceros: ¡gracias, Pato! - El Gráfico (in Spanish)
  5. CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1996 - Full Details Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  6. ES Soccer Academy
  7. and marlon now is a essa coach in maryland Zulia Menjívar Profile - NJCAA
  8. Sub 20 femenina, con refuerzos desde el norte Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine - El Gráfico (in Spanish)
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