Emerson David Umaña Corleto (born November 12, 1981, in
San Vicente,
El Salvador
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) is a
Salvadoran
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former professional
football
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midfielder
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.
Club career
Umaña started his career at hometown club
Independiente in the
Salvadoran second division before a stint at
Dragón in 2001. He then joined another second level team,
Telecom, whom he left for top level
FAS in 2003. He won three league titles while with FAS and after six years he moved on to
Isidro Metapán before signing up with
Águila for the 2011 Apertura season.
International career
Umaña made his debut for
El Salvador
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in a February
2005 UNCAF Nations Cup
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match against
Panama
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and has earned a total of 10 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country in 3
FIFA World Cup qualification
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Qualifying tournaments ar ...
matches and played at the
2005 UNCAF Nations Cup
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,
Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2005 - Details
- RSSSF
His final international game was a July 2008 friendly match
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against Guatemala
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.
International goals
:''Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.''
References
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1981 births
Living people
People from San Vicente, El Salvador
Men's association football midfielders
Salvadoran men's footballers
21st-century Salvadoran sportsmen
El Salvador men's international footballers
C.D. FAS footballers
A.D. Isidro Metapán footballers
C.D. Águila footballers