Full name Edwin Ernesto Portillo Years Team Height 1.71 m 1976 Atletico Fuentes Role Football player | Name Edwin Portillo Date of birth 17 November 1962 1977–1980 Cessa Position Manager | |
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Edwin Ernesto Portillo (born November 17, 1962 in El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran player and also manager.
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Coaching career
In 1996, he began his coaching career with CESSA, now called Isidro Metapán, with some success helping them to get promoted to the First Division in 2001.
He then coached Fuerte San Francisco and Once Lobos with some mild success. However, most of his success happened when he became again the manager of Isidro Metapán of El Salvador winning seven titles.
However, after a poor season, he was sacked. However, he was hired by Águila to be their coach for the 2013 Clausura season, but he turned the job down to maintain being the head of the department of physical health in Santa Ana.
However, he later became the manager of Águila during the 2014 Clausura, thugh he was sacked by Águila for poor results. Currently, he is coach director of Isidro Metapán from the Clausura 2017 tournament, reaching the semifinals.
Achievements
20 October 2011. Edwin Portillo's Isidro Metapán became the first Salvadoran team to qualify for the quarter-finals (last eight) in the CONCACAF Champions League new format. He currently holds the record for the most Salvadoran club titles as a manager (7 club championships).