Salvador Mariona

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Salvador Mariona
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Mariona in 1970
Personal information
Full name Salvador Antonio Mariona Rivera
Date of birth (1943-12-27) 27 December 1943 (age 79)
Place of birth Santa Tecla, El Salvador
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1962 Mario Calvo
1963 Atlante
1964–1977 Alianza
1977–1978 Platense Zacatecoluca
International career
1965–1975 El Salvador
Managerial career
1973 Alianza
1978 Platense Zacatecoluca
1979 Alianza
1982 El Salvador (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Salvador Antonio Mariona Rivera (born 27 December 1943) is a Salvadoran former footballer who played as a defender. At international level, he represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.

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Club career

Born in Santa Tecla, Mariona moved with his parents to Izalco while still a boy and started a youth swimming career there, in the end winning a silver medal in a 4x100 m relief competition in Puerto Rico. He then began his footballing career at Mario Calvo in the third division and moved up to the Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador when he joined Atlante.

But he spent the major part of his career at Salvadoran giants Alianza and also played for Platense Zacatecoluca, after which he retired in 1977 and became a coach. [1]

International career

Nicknamed Chamba, he was selected to represent El Salvador for ten years and featured in qualifying and playing in the 1970 World Cup. [2]

Retirement

After football, Salvador Mariona worked as an insurance salesman and gained enough experience to found Desarrollo, SA which quickly became AIG Unión y Desarrollo, SA. Mariona was the Chief Executive of his beloved Alianza [3] after taking over in 2005.

Personal life

Mariona is married to Floridalma Palacios and the couple have 5 children, one of them being the father of fellow footballer Javier Mariona, who has also represented El Salvador internationally.

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References

  1. ↑ Salvador Mariona gigante de ébano - El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Salvador Mariona – FIFA competition record (archived)
  3. ↑ Junta Directiva Archived 2011-05-24 at the Wayback Machine - Alianza


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