Ramón Fagoaga

Ramón Alfredo Fagoaga Romero (born 12 January 1952) is a former Salvadoran footballer.

Ramón Fagoaga

Personal information
Full name	Ramón Alfredo Fagoaga Romero
Date of birth	(1952-01-12) 12 January 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth	San Miguel, El Salvador
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	defender
Youth career
1961–1970	Pipiles de Víctor Manuel Píchez
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970-1972	Dragón
1973-1982; 1984-1990	Atlético Marte
1982	Deportivo Jalapa, Guatemala
1983	Independiente de San Vicente
1990	Alianza FC
International career‡
1976–1987	El Salvador[1]	47	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 April 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 April 2011

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fagoaga and the second or maternal family name is Romero.

Club career

Despite suffering from asthma, Fagoaga started playing at the Pipiles youth team and when turned professional he played as a striker for Dragón in the Salvadoran second division. When he later joined Atlético Marte he was made a central defender since Marte already had seven strikers in the squad.

International career

Fagoaga was a member of the El Salvador team at the 1982 World Cup in Spain and represented his country in 23 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.^[2] He played 105 matches for his country including non-official ones.

Retirement

In 2006 Fagoaga was named temporary manager of FESFUT, the Salvadoran Football Association.^[3]

Honours

• Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador: 3

1980–1981 Clausura, 1982 Clausura, 1985 Clausura (C.D. Atlético Marte)

• CONCACAF Champions League Runners-up

1981 (C.D. Atlético Marte)

References

1. "El Salvador - Record International Players".
2. Ramon Fagoaga – FIFA competition record (archived)
3. Movimientos en la FESFUT Archived 9 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish)

External links

• Me multaban si el mágico González no llegaba a entrenar - Elfaro.net (in Spanish)