Marlon Menjívar

Marlon Menjívar

Personal information
Full name	Marlon Menjívar Ernesto
Date of birth	September 1, 1965
Place of birth	El Salvador
Playing position	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. † Appearances (goals)

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

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 (Spanish)
2. El Salvador 1990/91 - RSSSF
3. UNCAF Tournament 1995 - RSSSF
4. UNCAF 1995: Fuimos terceros: ¡gracias, Pato! - El Gráfico (Spanish)
5. CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1996 - Full Details - 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 - El Gráfico (Spanish)

External links

• Marlon Menjívar at National-Football-Teams.com