Giovanni Trigueros

Giovanni Trigueros

Personal information
Full name	Giovanni Trigueros Martínez
Date of birth	(1966-12-08) December 8, 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth	Ahuachapán, El Salvador
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	La Academia Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1997	Luis Ángel Firpo
International career
1988–1996	El Salvador[1]	47	(1)
Managerial career
2012–2013	El Salvador U20[2] (assistant)
2013	El Salvador U17 (women)[3]
2014	El Salvador (women)
2015	El Salvador U20 (assistant)
2015–2016	Once Municipal
2018	Luis Ángel Firpo[4][5]
2018–2019	C.D. El Vencedor
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Trigueros and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.

Giovanni Trigueros Martínez (born 8 December 1966) is a former Salvadoran professional footballer and currently manager.[6][7][8][9][10][11]

Club career

Trigueros has played the majority of his career for Luis Ángel Firpo, with whom he won four league titles in 1989, 1991, 1992 and 1993. He formed a legendary central defensive pairing with Leonel Cárcamo in the national team and was part of the most successful team in the history of Luis Ángel Firpo, lining up alongside players like Marlon Menjívar, Mauricio Cienfuegos and Raúl Díaz Arce.

In March 2005, Trigueros was given a testimonial match, with veteran players of Luis Ángel Firpo and Once Municipal.

Coaching career

El Salvador national under-20 team

In 2012, Trigueros signed as assistant coach of El Salvador national under-20 football team.

El Salvador women's national team

In 2014, Trigueros signed as coach of El Salvador women's national football team.

Return to El Salvador national under-20 team

In 2015, Trigueros signed again as assistant coach of El Salvador national under-20 football team. In February 2015, Trigueros was fired due to budget cuts.

Once Municipal

In June 2015, Trigueros signed as new coach of Once Municipal, replacing Marco Pineda. In February 2016, Trigueros was replaced by Sandra Escalante de Martínez.

Luis Ángel Firpo

In March 2018, Trigueros signed as new coach of Luis Ángel Firpo for the Clausura 2018 tournament, replacing Eraldo Correia. However, Trigueros suffered a severe administrative, economic and sports crisis with the club. In May 2018, Trigueros was replaced by assistant coach Jorge Calles.

El Vencedor

In June 2018, Trigueros signed as new coach of CD El Vencedor.

International career

Trigueros made his debut for El Salvador in a March 1988 friendly match against Mexico and has earned a total of 47 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country in 19 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. He has also been captain in the national team.

His final international was a November 1996 friendly match against Mexico.

Honours

Manager

Club

C.D. El Vencedor

• Segunda División
  • Champion: Apertura 2018

International goals

Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	10 November 1996	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	Panama	3-2	3-2	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

1. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/elsal-recintlp.html
2. "Góchez y Trigueros, al sorteo del mundial sub 20".
3. "Giovanni Trigueros: Ha sido poco tiempo, pero no iremos a Jamaica solo a pasear – Culebrita Macheteada – Futbol El Salvador". Archived from the original on 2018-03-11. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
4. "Firpo presentará este sábado a Giovanni Trigueros". 9 March 2018.
5. "Víctor Girón no seguirá como auxiliar técnico del Firpo".
6. "Geovanny Trigueros Martínez :: Municipal Limeño :: Estadísticas :: Títulos :: Títulos :: Historial :: Partidos :: Noticias :: Vídeos :: Fotos :: Ceroacero.es".
7. "Góchez y Trigueros delegados para el sorteo del mundial – Culebrita Macheteada – Futbol El Salvador". Archived from the original on 2018-03-11. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
8. "Trigueros: "Los jóvenes salvaron al Firpo"".
9. "Firpo ganó su primer partido de visita en el torneo y ahora exige esto a la directiva". 22 March 2018.
10. "El Firpo recuerda su primer título en primera división profesional".
11. "Técnico del Firpo explotó y le mandó un mensaje a sus jugadores".