Salvador Mariona

Salvador Mariona

Personal information
Full name	Salvador Antonio Mariona Rivera
Date of birth	(1943-12-27) December 27, 1943
Place of birth	Santa Tecla, El Salvador
Position(s)	Defender (retired)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1962	Mario Calvo
1963	Atlante
1964–1977	Alianza
1977–1978	Platense Zacatecoluca
International career
1965–1975	El Salvador
Managerial career
1978	Platense Zacatecoluca
1979	Alianza
1982	El Salvador (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Mariona and the second or maternal family name is Rivera.

Salvador Antonio Mariona Rivera (born 27 December 1943 in Santa Tecla, El Salvador) is a retired soccer player from El Salvador who represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.

Club career

Born in Santa Tecla, Mariona moved with his parents to Izalco while still a boy and started a youth swimming career there, in the end winning a silver medal in a 4x100 m relief competition in Puerto Rico. He then began his footballing career at Mario Calvo in the third division and moved up to the premier division when he joined Atlante.

But he spent the major part of his career at Salvadoran giants Alianza and also played for Platense Zacatecoluca, after which he retired in 1977 and became a coach.

International career

Nicknamed Chamba, he was selected to represent El Salvador for eight years and featured in qualifying and playing in the 1970 World Cup.

Retirement

After football, Salvador Mariona worked as an insurance salesman and gained enough experience to found Desarrollo, SA which quickly became AIG Unión y Desarrollo, SA. Mariona is currently the Chief Executive of his beloved Alianza F.C. after taking over in 2005.

Personal life

He is married to Floridalma Palacios and the couple have 5 children.

External links

• La enorme figura del “Gigante de ébano” Salvador Mariona - El Gráfico (Spanish)