Salvador Flamenco

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Salvador Flamenco
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Flamenco in 1970
Personal information
Full name Salvador Flamenco Cabezas
Date of birth (1947-02-28) 28 February 1947 (age 76)
Place of birth San Salvador, El Salvador
Position(s) striker
Youth career
1959–1962 Quequeisque
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1963 Quequeisque
1964–1971 Adler San Nicolas
1971–1972 FAS
1973 Platense
1974 Firpo
1975–1976 Dragon
International career
1968–1971 El Salvador 26 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2009

Salvador Flamenco Cabezas (born 28 February 1947) is a retired footballer from El Salvador.

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Career

Professional

Flamenco began his career playing for Quequeisque's youth system, being considered a promising young defender. He played in Primera and Segunda division for Quequeisque. Flamenco was soon signed to a long term professional contract by Adler in 1964. This would hinder as Adler refused to play abroad despite interest from Club America, Toluca and a few clubs from Argentina. Flamenco was eventually able to move to FAS in 1971 and he stayed there until 1973 when he moved to Platense under the tutelage of Jorge Tupinambá. He stayed there until Tupinambá was released, then followed Tupinambá to Firpo and Dragon. He retired from football in 1976. [1]

International career

Flamenco represented his country at the 1968 Summer Olympics [2] and at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.

Personal life

Flamenco's brother Jorge also was a professional footballer who played for ADLER.

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References

  1. ""Chamba" Flamenco, volante de antaño de altos quilates". 17 June 2018.
  2. "Salvador Flamenco Biography and Statistics". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2010.