Pablo Melgar
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pablo Sebastián Melgar Torino | ||
| Date of birth | January 14, 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Guatemala City, Guatemala | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) |
Central defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
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Comunicaciones | |||
| Universidad Católica | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999 | Club Atlético Tembetary | ||
| 1999–2000 | Zacapa | 8 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Antigua GFC | 12 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Aurora | 27 | (1) |
| 2004–2006 |
Municipal | 56 | (2) |
| 2007 |
Antofagasta | 12 | (0) |
| 2008 |
Municipal | 13 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 |
Suchitepéquez | 32 | (3) |
| 2009–2010 |
USAC | ||
| 2010–2011 |
Suchitepéquez | ||
| 2011 | Antigua GFC | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2002–2007 | Guatemala | 55 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 February 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 February 2010 | |||
Pablo Sebastián Melgar Torino (born January 14, 1980) is a retired
Club career
Before playing in Chile, Melgar played for local clubs
International career
Melgar has been a regular on the Guatemala national team, for which he has competed at the youth, Olympic, and full international levels. Tournaments in which he partaked include the under-17 and under-20 World Cup qualifying, the 1999 Pan American Games, the 2000 Olympic tournament qualifying and the Central American Games of 2002.
He made his senior debut in a January 2002 friendly match against
Personal life
Melgar is the son of the former Guatemala international footballer
From his maternal line, Pablo and Javier are the grandsons of the Chilean former footballer and manager Rolando Torino.[10] Due to his Chilean heritage, they naturalized Chilean by descent.[11]
References
- ^ "Chileno-guatemalteco Pablo Melgar se integra a prácticas de Deportes Antofagasta" [Chilean-Guatemalan Pablo Melgar joins to Deportes Antofagasta's training] (in Spanish). El Mercurio de Antofagasta. 10 January 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ Pablo Melgar no regresará a Antofagasta Archived 2008-04-28 at the Wayback Machine - La Red Deportiva (in Spanish)
- ^ Passo Alpuin, Luis Fernando (2009-08-12). "Guatemala - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
- ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
- ^ UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2003 - Details - RSSSF
- ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2005 - Full Details - RSSSF
- ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 - Full Details - RSSSF
- ^ "Javier Melgar :: Javier Alejandro Melgar Torino ::". www.ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ Ocaña, Juan Diego (23 March 2022). "La historia del futbolista guatemalteco que fue el capitán histórico de los "Rojos del 74"". Aprende.Guatemala.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ @lrsolares (22 October 2018). "HASTA SIEMPRE, DON ROLANDO" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 October 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Antofagasta llega a acuerdo con defensa guatemalteco". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 8 January 2007. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
External links
- Pablo Melgar at National-Football-Teams.com
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