Mario Ernesto Mayén Meza (born 19 May 1968) is a retired

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Club career

Mayén Meza has played for three of the 'Big Four' of Salvadoran football: Alianza, FAS and Águila. He finished his career at

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, with whom he won their first league title.

International career

Nicknamed ''el Negro'', Mayén made his debut for

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in an April 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup qualification match against

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and has earned a total of 36 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 6

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matches and played at the

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and

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s as well as at the

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His final international match was a May 1997 World Cup qualification match against

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Retirement

Formally, his name is Meza Mayén instead of Mayén Meza because his father's name is Meza. He was also nicknamed ''el Tiburón'' (the Shark), since he used to smell like fish at the training ground after first helping his mother in her fish shops. He now runs his own seafood business in La Libertad and has been an assistant coach with

, where he was dismissed in April 2007,Saúl Rivero, al rescate
- El Salvador.com

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and Águila.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mayen Meza, Mario 1968 births Living people People from La Libertad Department (El Salvador) Men's association football defenders Salvadoran men's footballers El Salvador men's international footballers 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Alianza F.C. footballers C.D. FAS footballers C.D. Águila footballers San Salvador F.C. footballers