Mario Giovany Acevedo Méndez (born February 15, 1969) is a

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. He played for many local clubs, most famously

CSD Municipal Club Social y Deportivo Municipal, also known as Municipal or ''Los Rojos'' (the Reds), are a Guatemalan professional football club based in Guatemala City. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football, and play their h ...

in the Guatemala's top division.

Club career

Nicknamed ''El Coyote'', Acevedo played the majority of his career with Municipal but also had stints with

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Antigua GFC Antigua Guatemala Fútbol Club is a Guatemalan professional football team based in Antigua Guatemala. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football. They play their home games at the '' Estadio Pensativo''. They are nic ...

, Cobán Imperial and Mexican side Venados de Yucatán. He is the second highest all-time goalscorer in the domestic league, with 170 goals to his name. After not being renewed his contract at the end of the 2008-2009 Clausura season, Acevedo was released by his club, and afterwards he announced his retirement from the sport. However, in September 2009, he signed with for Deportivo Heredia, and in February 2010, CD Suchitepéquez confirmed Acevedo was to rejoin them, only for Heredia not to allow him to leave. He then left Heredia in April 2010.

International career

He made his debut for

in a March 1996 friendly match against

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and has earned a total of 53 caps, scoring 5 goals. He has represented Guatemala in 12

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matches.Record at FIFA Tournaments
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- CSD Municipal 1969 births Living people People from Puerto Barrios Guatemalan men's footballers Guatemala men's international footballers C.D. Suchitepéquez players C.S.D. Cobán Imperial players C.S.D. Municipal players Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Antigua GFC players Men's association football forwards 20th-century Guatemalan sportsmen {{Guatemala-footy-bio-stub