Waldir Guerra

Waldir Guerra

Personal information
Full name	Waldir Guerra
Date of birth	April 2, 1967
Place of birth	San Vicente, El Salvador
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	striker
Youth career
1986	Bells high
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1990	Los Angeles Heat
1993–1995	Los Angeles Salsa
1997–2002	Águila
2002–2003	Aspirante
National team^‡
1997–1999	El Salvador	13	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 May 2011

Waldir Guerra (born April 2, 1967 in San Vicente) is a retired Salvadoran footballer who played for the El Salvador national football team during his career.

Club career

Guerra came to the USA as a refugee in 1982 and attended Bells High School^[1] for whom he scored 117 goals in his first three years, which was a record.^[2] As a senior he played for American Professional Soccer League side Los Angeles Heat until they went out of business in 1990. Three years later he played for Los Angeles Salsa^[3] for whom he scored once in 22 matches in his first season.^[4]

He returned to his native El Salvador in 1997 to play for Águila. He topped the goalscoring charts of the 1999 Apertura.^[5]

International career

Guerra made his debut for El Salvador in an April 1997 friendly match against Guatemala in which he immediately scored a goal, and has earned a total of 13 caps, scoring 3 goals. He has represented his country in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches^[6] and played at the 1997^[7] and 1999 UNCAF Nations Cups^[8] as well as at the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup.^[9]

His final international game was a March 1999 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Guatemala.

International goals

Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	13 April 1997	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States	Guatemala	1-0	1-1	Friendly match
2	20 April 1997	Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Panama	2-0	2-0	1997 UNCAF Nations Cup
3	9 November 1997	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	Jamaica	2-2	2-2	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

1. WALDIR GUERRA : Instead of Dodging Bullets in El Salvador, Bell High School Junior Is Now Busy Dodging Defenders on the Soccer Field - Los Angeles Times
2. Guerra Moves to Defense but Scores Sole Goal as Bell Tops Grant, 1-0 - Los Angeles Times
3. He's Taking the Field of Dreams Again : Soccer: Waldir Guerra is getting another chance to play professionally the sport he loves, this time with the newly formed Los Angeles Salsa - Los Angeles Times
4. American Professional Soccer League 1993 Season - A-League archive
5. El Salvador 1999/2000 - RSSSF
6. Waldir Guerra – FIFA competition record
7. UNCAF Tournament 1997 - RSSSF
8. UNCAF Tournament 1999 - RSSSF
9. CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1998 - Full Details - RSSSF

External links

• Waldir Guerra at National-Football-Teams.com