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Gilberto Murgas

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1999–2000
  
FAS

Role
  
Football player

Years
  
Team

Height
  
1.73 m

2000–2006
  
FAS

Playing position
  
Midfielder

Name
  
Gilberto Murgas




Full name
  
Gilberto Alfredo Murgas Fajardo

Date of birth
  
(1981-01-22) January 22, 1981 (age 34)

Place of birth
  
El Refugio, Ahuachapan, El Salvador

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Gilberto Alfredo Murgas Fajardo (born January 22, 1981 in El Refugio, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran football player who finished his career with FAS in the Salvadoran Premier League.

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Club career

Nicknamed Gargamel, he started his career as a midfielder for C.D. FAS, making his debut against Belizean side Acros Verdes in March 1999. He left FAS for Chalatenango in 2007 only to move on to play for Águila a year later.

After returning to FAS in July 2010 he decided to retire in 2011 and move to Houston, where he started a construction company.

International career

Murgas made his debut for El Salvador in a July 2000 friendly match against Mexico and has earned a total of 40 caps, scoring 4 goals. He has represented his country in 6 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 2003, 2005 and 2007 UNCAF Nations Cups as well as at the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

His final international game was a February 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Costa Rica.

International goals

Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.

Personal life

Murgas has two children.

References

Gilberto Murgas Wikipedia