Armando Chacón
Armando Chacón (born 7 August 1914- died ) was a Salvadoran football player and manager.
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Armando Chacón | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 August 1914 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | El Salvador | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 1934–1935 | Cuscatlán | |||||||||||||||
| 1936–1939 | C.D. 33 | |||||||||||||||
| 1940–1946 | Universidad Católica | |||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||
| 1935 | El Salvador | |||||||||||||||
| Teams managed | ||||||||||||||||
| 1947–1949 | C.D. FAS | |||||||||||||||
| 1949–1950 | Once Municipal | |||||||||||||||
| 1954 | C.D. Dragón | |||||||||||||||
| Leones de Sonsonate | ||||||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | ||||||||||||||||
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Club career
Nicknamed El Tamarindo, he was one of the first Salvadoran players to play abroad, playing for Universidad Católica in Chile. He also played club football for the now defunct C.D. 33 in the Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador winning the 1937 and 1938 league titles with them.[1]
Manager career
After retiring as a player Chacón became a coach, he was the first ever coach of Salvadoran powerhouse club C.D. FAS[2] and also coached C.D. Dragón. He went on to win a title with Once Municipal in the 1948/1949 season,[3] the club's first title and up until 2006 their only one.
References
- De canchas y banquillos Archived July 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish)
- Historia - CD FAS (in Spanish)
- Un poco de Historia Archived July 22, 2010, at the Wayback Machine - Once Municipal (in Spanish)
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