Melvin Barrera Chávez (born 5 August 1976 in San Salvador, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran football goalkeeper.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Melvin Barrera Chávez | ||
Date of birth | (1976-08-05) August 5, 1976 (age 45) | ||
Place of birth | El Salvador | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
Northwestern High School | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Mogotillo[1] | |||
1997–1999 | Águila | ||
National team‡ | |||
1997 | El Salvador | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 25, 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 25, 2017 |
He is now working in Maryland.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4]
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