Waldir Guerra
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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[1] for whom he scored 117 goals in his first three years, which was a record.[2] 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[3] for whom he scored once in 22 matches in his first season.[4]
He returned to his native El Salvador in 1997 to play for Águila. He topped the goalscoring charts of the 1999 Apertura.[5]
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[6] and played at the 1997[7] and 1999 UNCAF Nations Cups[8] as well as at the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[9]
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 | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Guatemala | flag alias = Flag of Guatemala.svg | flag alias-1825 = Flag of Guatemala (1825-1838).svg | flag alias-1839 = Flag of Guatemala (1839-1843).svg | flag alias-1843 = Flag of Guatemala (1843-1851).svg | flag alias-1851 = Flag of Guatemala (1851-1858).svg | flag alias-1858 = Flag of Guatemala (1858–1871).svg | flag alias-1871 = Flag of Guatemala (1871-1968).svg | flag alias-1968 = Flag of Guatemala (1968-1997).svg | flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Guatemala.svg | link alias-naval = Guatemalan Navy | link alias-air force = Guatemalan Air Force | link alias-army = Guatemalan Army | link alias-navy = Guatemalan Navy | size = | name = | variant = | altlink = national football team
}} || 1-0 || 1-1 || Friendly match | ||
| 2 | 20 April 1997 | Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Panama | flag alias = Flag of Panama.svg | link alias-naval = Panamanian Public Forces | link alias-navy = Panamanian Public Forces | size = | name = | altlink = national football team
}} || 2-0 || 2-0 || 1997 UNCAF Nations Cup | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 9 November 1997 | Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Jamaica | flag alias = Flag of Jamaica.svg | flag alias-1875 = Flag of Jamaica (1875–1906).svg | flag alias-1906 = Flag of Jamaica (1906–1957).svg | flag alias-1957 = Flag of Jamaica (1957–1962).svg | flag alias-army = Flag of the Jamaica Defence Force.svg | link alias-army = Jamaica Defence Force | link alias-air force = Jamaica Defence Force Air Wing | flag alias-air force = Ensign of the Jamaica Defence Force Air Wing.svg | flag alias-coast guard = Naval ensign of Jamaica.svg | link alias-coast guard = Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard | flag alias-naval = Naval ensign of Jamaica.svg | link alias-naval = Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard | flag alias-navy = Naval ensign of Jamaica.svg | link alias-navy = Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | altvar = football | variant =
}} || 2-2 || 2-2 || 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
References
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- ↑ 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
- ↑ Guerra Moves to Defense but Scores Sole Goal as Bell Tops Grant, 1-0 - Los Angeles Times
- ↑ 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
- ↑ American Professional Soccer League 1993 Season - A-League archive
- ↑ El Salvador 1999/2000 - RSSSF
- ↑ Template:PAGENAMEBASE – FIFA competition record (archived)Template:EditAtWikidataTemplate:WikidataCheck
- ↑ UNCAF Tournament 1997 - RSSSF
- ↑ UNCAF Tournament 1999 - RSSSF
- ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1998 - Full Details - RSSSF
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External links
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- Pages with script errors
- 1967 births
- Living people
- People from San Vicente, El Salvador
- Men's association football forwards
- Salvadoran men's footballers
- El Salvador men's international footballers
- 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Los Angeles Heat players
- Los Angeles Salsa players
- C.D. Águila footballers
- American Professional Soccer League players
- Salvadoran expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Salvadoran expatriate sportspeople in the United States