Salvador Cabezas

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

Salvador Cabezas
Personal information
Full name Salvador Flamenco Cabezas
Date of birth (1947-02-28) 28 February 1947
Place of birth San Salvador, El Salvador
Position(s) striker
Youth career
1959–1962 Quequeisque
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963 Quequeisque
1964–1971 Adler San Nicolas
1971–1972 FAS
1973 Platense
1974 Firpo
1975–1976 Dragon
National team
1968–1971 El Salvador 26 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2009

Career

Professional

Cabezas began his career playing for Quequeisque's youth system, being considered a promising young defender. He played in Primera and Segunda division for Quequeisque. Cabezas 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 few clubs from Argentina. Cabezas eventually able to move to FAS in 1971 and he stayed their until 1973 in which he moved to Platense under the tutelage of Jorge Tupinambá, He stayed there until Tupinambá was released, He followed Tupinambá to Firpo and Dragon. He retired from football in 1976.

International career

Cabezas represented his country at the 1968 Summer Olympics[1] and at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.

Personal life

Cabezas brother Jorge also was a professional footballer who played for ADLER

References
  1. "Salvador Flamenco Biography and Statistics". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2010.


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