Mauricio Alberto Alfaro Valladares (born 13 February 1956), nicknamed El Tuco, is a former

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professional player from

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, who represented his country at the

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Club career

Nicknamed ''El Tuco'', Alfaro started his career at Platense and later joined Salvadoran giants FAS in 1983. With FAS he won a league title in 1984. He finished his career with

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, with whom he lost the 1988/89 national league final to

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International career

He made his debut for

in 1979, and has earned over 15 caps. He has represented his country in 10

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matches and played in the

final group stage match, against

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Managerial career

His first job was at Platense, where he was dismissed in January 2005. He has coached varies clubs in the lower leagues of

, such as Telecom,

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, Municipal and San Rafael F.C.. He was coached of El Salvador U-21 and El Salvador U-20, who he helped qualify for the

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in Mayagüez,

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and the

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. He helped to El Salvador U-20 become the first Salvadoran team to win a game at a

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, by defeating the Australia team 2–1. Later, he coached in the

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for the first time in 2016, leading the recently promoted

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in the Apertura 2016 campaign. He later resigned, which came as a shock as he amassed a respectable five wins and six draws from seventeen games, he cited crowd problems and clashes with several players, as the main reasons.

Honors

Playing

Club

; FAS * Primera División Winner (1): 1984

Manager

National Team

Third Place

Managerial stats

References

1956 births Living people People from La Paz Department (El Salvador) Men's association football forwards Salvadoran men's footballers El Salvador men's international footballers 1982 FIFA World Cup players Alianza F.C. (El Salvador) footballers C.D. FAS footballers C.D. Municipal Limeño managers Salvadoran football managers {{ElSalvador-footy-bio-stub