Gerson Mayen

Gerson Levi Mayen Villavicencio (born February 9, 1989) is a Salvadoran professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for El Salvador national team.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Gerson Mayen
Personal information
Full name Gerson Levi Mayen Villavicencio
Date of birth (1989-02-09) February 9, 1989
Place of birth Los Angeles, California, United States
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2008 Chivas USA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Chivas USA 20 (0)
2010 → Miami FC (loan) 9 (0)
2011 → Fort Lauderdale Strikers (loan)
2012 Los Angeles Misioneros
2012–2014 CD FAS
2014–2017 Santa Tecla FC[1]
2017 → Cafetaleros de Tapachula (loan) 9
2018–2019 Santa Tecla FC[2] 29[3] (4)
2020 Cobán Imperial 0 (0)
2020 C.D. Águila 0 (0)
National team
2008–2009 United States U20
2013– El Salvador 31 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Youth

Mayen attended Manual Arts High School, and started playing soccer when he was young with a club named Gilbert Lindsay Youth Soccer Club, then with the club soccer with Alta Loma Arsenal where he won four Cal South State Cups, four Regional Championships and three National Championships. Mayen also won two Golden Boot awards. Rather than opting to play collegiate soccer, Mayen joined the Chivas USA U-18 team.

Professional

Mayen was signed to a full professional contract by Chivas USA on March 27, 2008 after training with the club throughout preseason. He did not make an appearance with the first team in his rookie season, but made 12 appearances in the MLS Reserve Division, playing primarily as a defender and defensive midfielder. He made his professional debut on 29 March 2009, in Chivas's game against FC Dallas.[13]

On August 6, 2010, Chivas USA sent Mayen, along with teammate Chukwudi Chijindu, on loan to USSF Division 2 Professional League side Miami FC.[14] Mayen returned to Florida in July 2011 when he was loaned to NASL club Fort Lauderdale Strikers.[15]

Mayen was traded with Justin Braun to MLS expansion side Montreal Impact for James Riley and allocation money on November 23, 2011.[16] However, Mayen was waived by Montreal on March 1, 2012 prior to the start of the 2012 season.[17]

United States

Mayen has made one appearance for the United States U-20 men's national soccer team, in the Campos Verdes International Tournament in Portugal in 2008. Mayen was also named to the 2009 Under 20 World Cup in Egypt where he started and played 90 minutes against Germany.

El Salvador

On July 5, 2011, Mayen was given permission by the FIFA to be part of the El Salvador team. "After a thorough review of the documentation submitted by the Salvadoran Football Federation, the judge concluded that the player Gerson Mayen Villavicencio meets the objective conditions stipulated in Article 18, paragraph 1 of the Regulations Applicable Statutory of the FIFA: in particular, the player Gerson Mayen has never played an international "A" match in an official competition representing the U.S. Soccer Federation," reads the resolution of FIFA.[18] Mayen made his international début at the 2013 Copa Centroamericana, coming on as substitute at the 86' minute in El Salvador 1–1 draw with Honduras.[19]

Statistics

International goals
Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.[20]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.17 January 2017Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama Belize1–03–12017 Copa Centroamericana
2.13 July 2017Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver, United States Curaçao1–02–02017 CONCACAF Gold Cup
3.13 October 2018Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Barbados3–03–02019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification

Honours

References
  1. "Gerson Mayén lo tiene claro: "la presión la tiene el Alianza"".
  2. https://www.elgrafico.com/futbol/Gerson-Mayen-no-sigue-con-Santa-Tecla-20191217-0001.html
  3. "Gerson Mayén :: Gerson Levi Mayén Villavicencio :: Santa Tecla FC". www.ceroacero.es.
  4. "Gerson Mayén vuelve al Santa Tecla".
  5. "La grama del Barraza no gustó a los tecleños".
  6. "Gerson Mayén: "No vale la pena estar en la selección"".
  7. ""A muchos rivales se les complica nuestra cancha"".
  8. "Gerson Mayén: Tenemos que sacar un buen resultado – Culebrita Macheteada – Futbol El Salvador".
  9. "Santa Tecla gana a Seattle y se ilusiona con avanzar en la Concachampions".
  10. "Santa Tecla critica el campo del Audaz, donde jugarán la jornada 14 del Clausura 2018".
  11. "Jugadores del Santa Tecla lamentan estado de la cancha del Audaz".
  12. "Confirmado: Santa Tecla no contará con Gerson Mayén ante Pasaquina".
  13. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-01. Retrieved 2009-03-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. "West". FOX Sports.
  15. "Goat Notes: Fraser shoots down rumor of forward signing". 19 July 2011.
  16. "Montreal take Riley, ship him to Chivas for Braun, Mayen". 23 November 2011.
  17. "Mallace, James and Garcia under contract". 1 March 2012.
  18. "Gerson Mayén recibió aval de FIFA" [Gerson Mayen was endorsed by FIFA] (in Spanish). July 5, 2011. Archived from the original on January 22, 2013. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  19. Gráfico, El. "Gerson Mayén: "El Salvador puede acabar en el segundo lugar"".
  20. "Mayén, Gerson". National Football Teams. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
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