Years Team Role Football player Name Milton Melendez | 1988-1996 El Salvador 1991-2000 Alianza | |
Full name Milton Antonio Melendez Cornejo Date of birth (1967-08-03) 3 August 1967 (age 48) Place of birth San Salvador, El Salvador | ||
Milton Antonio Meléndez Cornejo (born 3 August 1967 in San Salvador, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran football player.
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Club career
Nicknamed El Tigana, Meléndez played the majority of his career at Alianza, where he was dismissed in 2000.
International career
Meléndez made his debut for El Salvador in 1988 and has earned over 25 caps, scoring at least 3 goals. He has represented his country in 6 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 1993 UNCAF Nations Cup. He also was a non-playing squad member at the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
His final international game was an October 1996 friendly match against Honduras.
Managerial career
After he retired from playing, he became a manager. In 2009 he was in charge of Chalatenango and spent four year coaching Brasilia in the Salvadoran Second Division. In 2016, he was the manager of his old club Alianza for the Apertura season, reaching the grand final.