Carlos Menjívar
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Carlos Alberto Menjívar Aguilar, Jr. | ||
Date of birth | April 13, 1981 | ||
Place of birth | San Francisco, California, United States | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Juventud Independiente | ||
Number | jehdbd. Diidjdbd. Fjh dm bd | ||
Youth career | |||
1996–1997 | Academia Tahuichi | ||
1997–2000 | AGSS Los Angeles | ||
2000–2001 | San Diego State Aztecs | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2004 | FAS | 37 | (5) |
2004–2005 | Águila | 18 | (2) |
2005–2007 | FAS | 16 | (3) |
2007–2008 | Once Municipal | ||
2009 | Isidro Metapán | 14 | (1) |
2009–2010 | Municipal Limeño ] | 8 | (1) |
2011–2014 | Juventud Independiente | ||
2015 | Santa Tecla F.C. | ||
International career‡ | |||
2002–2007 | El Salvador | 16 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 July 2011 |
Carlos Alberto Menjívar Aguilar, Jr. (born April 13, 1981 in San Francisco, California) is a Salvadoran American footballer who currently plays for Santa Tecla F.C.
Club career
In his early years, Menjívar spent a year at the famous Tahuichi Academy in Bolivia, before playing at the American Global Soccer School and college soccer in his native California. In 2002, he joined Salvadoran giants FAS, making his debut in June 2002 against Mexican side UANL Tigres.[1] He then left for league rivals Águila, only to return to FAS after a year. In 2007, he moved to Once Municipal and had a stint at Isidro Metapán before moving to Municipal Limeño with whom he relegated to the Second Division. In 2010, he signed for Juventud Independiente, with whom he clinched promotion to the Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador in 2011.[2]
International career
Menjívar made his debut for El Salvador in a November 2002 friendly match against the United States and has earned a total of 16 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country at the 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup[3] as well as at the 2003[4] and 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cups.[5]
His final international match was a June 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup game against Trinidad & Tobago.
Coaching Career Carlos has been coaching youth for the past 6 years 2010-United Futbol Club 2012-2014 Temecula Hawks 2014-2015 San Diego State University Director of Operations Men's Soccer 2016- MVLA Soccer Club 2017- PDL-Burlingame Dragons Assistant Coach
Honours
References
- ^ Profile - CD FAS
- ^ Juventud Independiente, el nuevo benjamín - El SalvadorFC (in Spanish)
- ^ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2003 - RSSSF
- ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2003 - Full Details Archived October 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
- ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 - Full Details Archived October 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
External links
- Carlos Menjívar at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile - El Gráfico (in Spanish)
- 1981 births
- American soccer players
- Salvadoran footballers
- American sportspeople of Salvadoran descent
- Citizens of El Salvador through descent
- El Salvador international footballers
- Association football midfielders
- 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup players
- 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- San Diego State Aztecs men's soccer players
- C.D. FAS footballers
- C.D. Águila footballers
- Once Municipal footballers
- A.D. Isidro Metapán footballers
- Soccer players from San Francisco
- Living people