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Melvin Barrera Personal information Full name Melvin Barrera Chávez Date of birth August 5, 1976 Place of birth El Salvador Playing position goalkeeper Youth career Northwestern High School Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† Mogotillo 1997–1999 Águila National team‡ 1997 El Salvador 4 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 January 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 January 2011Melvin Barrera Chávez (born 5 August 1976 in San Salvador, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran football goalkeeper.
He is now working at the Winter Goalkeeper Academy of Coerver Coaching in Maryland.[1]
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Club career
Nicknamed Scorpion, Barrera learned his trade in the USA as son of Salvadoran immigrants. He went to play in El Salvador for Águila, one of the big boys in Salvadoran football.[2]
International career
Barrera made his debut for El Salvador in an April 1997 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Honduras and has earned a total of 4 caps, all of them at the 1997 UNCAF Nations Cup.[3]
References
- ^ Coerver Maryland - Goalkeeper Training
- ^ La Vida Futbol - Washington City Paper
- ^ UNCAF Tournament 1997 - RSSSF
External links
- Melvin Barrera at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:- 1976 births
- Living people
- Association football goalkeepers
- Salvadoran footballers
- El Salvador international footballers
- C.D. Aguila footballers
- Salvadoran expatriate footballers
- Salvadoran football biography stubs
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