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Salvadoran footballer (born 1967)
Waldir Guerra
Guerra in 1985
Personal information
Full name Waldir Guerra
Date of birth (1967-04-02) April 2, 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth San Vicente, El Salvador
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) striker
Youth career
1986 Bell High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990 Los Angeles Heat
1993–1995 Los Angeles Salsa
1997–2002 Águila
2002–2003 Aspirante
International career
1997–1999 El Salvador 13 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 May 2011

Waldir Guerra (born April 2, 1967) is a retired Salvadoran footballer who played for the El Salvador national football team during his career.

Club career

Guerra arrived in the USA as a refugee in 1982 and attended Bells High School for whom he scored 117 goals in his first three years, which was a record. As a senior, he played for American Professional Soccer League side Los Angeles Heat until they went out of business in 1990. Three years later he played for Los Angeles Salsa for whom he scored once in 22 matches in his first season.

He returned to his native El Salvador in 1997 to play for Águila. He topped the goalscoring charts of the 1999 Apertura.

International career

Guerra made his debut for El Salvador in an April 1997 friendly match against Guatemala in which he immediately scored a goal, and has earned a total of 13 caps, scoring 3 goals. He has represented his country in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 1997 and 1999 UNCAF Nations Cups as well as at the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

His final international game was a March 1999 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Guatemala.

International goals

Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 13 April 1997 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States  Guatemala 1-0 1-1 Friendly match
2 20 April 1997 Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala  Panama 2-0 2-0 1997 UNCAF Nations Cup
3 9 November 1997 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador  Jamaica 2-2 2-2 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

  1. WALDIR GUERRA : Instead of Dodging Bullets in El Salvador, Bell High School Junior Is Now Busy Dodging Defenders on the Soccer Field - Los Angeles Times
  2. Guerra Moves to Defense but Scores Sole Goal as Bell Tops Grant, 1-0 - Los Angeles Times
  3. He's Taking the Field of Dreams Again : Soccer: Waldir Guerra is getting another chance to play professionally the sport he loves, this time with the newly formed Los Angeles Salsa - Los Angeles Times
  4. American Professional Soccer League 1993 Season - A-League archive
  5. El Salvador 1999/2000 - RSSSF
  6. Waldir Guerra – FIFA competition record (archived)
  7. UNCAF Tournament 1997 - RSSSF
  8. UNCAF Tournament 1999 - RSSSF
  9. CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1998 - Full Details - RSSSF

External links

El Salvador squad – 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup
El Salvador
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