Milton Meléndez

Milton Meléndez
Personal information
Full name Milton Antonio Meléndez Cornejo
Date of birth (1967-08-03) 3 August 1967
Place of birth San Salvador, El Salvador
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Alianza[1][2] (sporting director)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–2000 Alianza
National team
1988–1996 El Salvador 25 (3)
Teams managed
2003–2004 Coca Cola
2005–2006 Alianza (assistant)
2008–2009 Chalatenango (assistant)
2009 Chalatenango
2010–2014 Brasilia
2015– Alianza (sporting director)
2016 Alianza[3]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Milton Antonio Meléndez Cornejo (born 3 August 1967 in San Salvador, El Salvador) is a former Salvadoran professional football player.[4][5]

Club career

Nicknamed El Tigana, Meléndez played the majority of his career at Alianza, where he was dismissed in 2000.[6]

International career

Meléndez made his debut for El Salvador in 1988 and has earned over 25 caps, scoring at least 3 goals. He has represented his country in 6 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[7] and played at the 1993 UNCAF Nations Cup.[8] He also was a non-playing squad member at the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[9]

His final international game was an October 1996 friendly match against Honduras.

Managerial career

After he retired from playing, he became a manager. In 2009, he was in charge of Chalatenango[10] and spent four year coaching Brasilia in the Salvadoran Second Division.[11][12] In 2016, he was the manager of his old club Alianza for the Apertura season, reaching the grand final, but losing against Santa Tecla.[13]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.elgrafico.com/futbol/Tigana-Melendez-el-hombre-de-los-siete-titulos-con-Alianza-20171220-0004.html
  2. ↑ http://www.elsalvador.com/deportes/opinion-deportes/462755/el-efecto-tigana-melendez/
  3. ↑ http://www.culebritamacheteada.com.sv/milton-melendez-sabiamos-que-podiamos-sacar-adelante-la-serie/
  4. ↑ https://www.elgrafico.com/futbol/Cuales-son-los-retos-del-Alianza-para-2018-20171226-0001.html
  5. ↑ http://www.elsalvador.com/deportes/futbol/449187/el-tigana-y-el-zarco-rodriguez-dos-hombres-fundamentales-para-el-record-de-alianza/
  6. ↑ Solidarios con “Tigana” Archived 2012-08-18 at the Wayback Machine. - La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ Milton Meléndez – FIFA competition record (archive)
  8. ↑ UNCAF Tournament 1993 - RSSSF
  9. ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1996 - Full Details Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine. - RSSSF
  10. ↑ "Tigana" Meléndez, el nuevo técnico del Chalate - La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish)
  11. ↑ Brasilia le sacó los colores a los blancos del Alianza - La Pagina (in Spanish)
  12. ↑ El sueño del "Tigana" Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine. - El Gráfico (in Spanish)
  13. ↑ http://www.laprensagrafica.com/2016/08/29/tigana-melendez-tomara-el-mando-de-alianza
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