Erick Dowson Prado
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Erick Dowson Prado Mélendez | ||
| Date of birth | January 25, 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | San Salvador, El Salvador | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1994 | ADET | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1994–1996 | ADET | ||
| 1996–1997 | Alianza | ||
| 1997–1998 | ADET | ||
| 1999–2000 | FAS | ||
| 2001–2002 | Atlético Marte | ||
| 2002–2011 | Isidro Metapán | ||
| 2008 | → FESA (loan) | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 1993–2005 | El Salvador | 20 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2013-2015 | Turín FESA F.C. | ||
| 2015 | FAS reserves | ||
| 2016- | El Salvador (Under 17) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 June 2009. | |||
Erick Dowson Prado Meléndez (born January 25, 1976 in San Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran footballer.
Club career
A tall and tough defensive midfielder, Prado has had a lengthy career in the Salvadoran Premier Division, starting with ADET with whom he clinched promotion to the top tier, alongside Santos Rivera and Héctor Canjura. After short spells at Alianza, ADET again, FAS and Atlético Marte, he ended up at Isidro Metapán for whom he played for almost 10 successive years bar a short stint at second division side FESA.[1]
Skipper of Metapán, Prado suffered a serious knee injury at the end of the 2010 Apertura season[2] and after almost 500 matches in 17 years of professional football, Prado finished his playing career in 2011 to become a coach.[3]
International career
Prado made his debut for El Salvador in a December 1993 friendly match against the United States and has earned a total of 20 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 7 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[4] and played at the 1999[5] and 2005 UNCAF Nations Cups[6] as well as at the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[7]
His final international game was a February 2005 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Costa Rica.
Honours
- 2007 Clausura, 2008 Apertura, 2009 Clausura, 2010 Clausura, 2010 Apertura
References
- ↑ El Grafico Profile (Spanish)
- ↑ Prado, hoy o mañana, al quirófano - La Prensa Gráfica (Spanish)
- ↑ El fútbol me dio de regalo a mi esposa - La Prensa Gráfica (Spanish)
- ↑ Erick Dowson Prado – FIFA competition record
- ↑ UNCAF Tournament 1999 - RSSSF
- ↑ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2005 - Details - RSSSF
- ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1996 - Full Details - RSSSF
External links
- Erick Dowson Prado at National-Football-Teams.com
- Erick Dowson Prado: El destructor - El Diario de Hoy (Spanish)
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