Place of birth El Salvador Name Marlon Menjivar Years Team Role Footballer | 1986–1987 Chalatenango 1988–1997 Luis Angel Firpo | |
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Full name Marlon Menjivar Ernesto Date of birth (1965-09-01) September 1, 1965 (age 50) | ||
Marlon menjivar
Marlon Menjívar Ernesto (born 1 September 1965) is a retired Salvadoran professional footballer.
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Marlon menjivar el futbol como opcion de vida
Club career
The moustached Menjívar was part of Luis Ángel Firpo's most successful team of all time, playing in midfield alongside Firpo greats as Leonel Cárcamo, Edgar Henríquez and Giovanni Trigueros and winning four league titles with them. He scored the winning (and only) goal in the 1991 championship final against C.D. Águila.
International career
Menjívar made his debut for El Salvador in a March 1989 friendly match against Guatemala and has earned a total of 16 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country at the 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup and was a non-playing squad member at the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
His final international game was a December 1996 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Cuba.
Personal life
Menjívar has a construction business and runs his own soccer academy in Maryland, United States. His daughter Zulia plays for Montgomery College Rockville and was called up for the El Salvador women U-20 team in 2011.