Richard Menjívar

Richard Menjivar
Personal information
Full name	Richard Guillermo Menjivar Peraza
Date of birth	October 31, 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth	Panorama City, California, United States
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Chalatenango
Number	22
Youth career
2006–2008	Los Angeles FC
College career
Years	Team
2008–2009	Evansville Purple Aces
2010–2011	Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012	Cal FC
2012–2013	Blokhus
2013	Atlanta Silverbacks
2014–2015	San Antonio Scorpions
2015	Tampa Bay Rowdies
2016	Rayo OKC
2017	New York Cosmos
2018	Penn FC
2019–2020	CD Águila
2021–	Chalatenango
International career‡
2008	United States U18
2012	El Salvador U23
2013–	El Salvador
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:52, 15 October 2018 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 April 2018

Richard "Richie" Guillermo Menjivar Peraza (born October 31, 1990) is a Salvadoran international footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Chalatenango.

Career

After spending his college career at University of Evansville and Cal State Bakersfield, Menjivar spent time with amateur side Cal FC during their dramatic 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup run which saw them defeat Kitsap Pumas, Wilmington Hammerheads and Portland Timbers before suffering a 5–0 defeat to Seattle Sounders FC in the Round of 16.^[1]

On 8 February 2013, Menjivar joined the Atlanta Silverbacks of the NASL,^[2] helping the team win the 2013 Spring Championship. At the end of the entire season, he was awarded a spot on the league's 2013 best XI.

In February 2014, after trialing with the Portland Timbers, he signed with the San Antonio Scorpions.

On April 29, 2015, Menjivar was traded to the Tampa Bay Rowdies in exchange for defender Brad Rusin.^[3] Menjivar's contract with the Rowdies expired on December 16, 2015.^[4]

Menjivar signed with NASL expansion team Rayo OKC on February 25, 2016.^[5]

International

Menjivar has represented the United States in the under-18 level and was also on El Salvador's Olympic Qualifying roster in 2012.

On January 18, 2013, Menjivar made his senior debut for El Salvador in their opening match of the 2013 Copa Centroamericana which resulted in a 1–1 draw with Honduras. On September 7, 2014, he scored his first international goal against Honduras in a group stage match during the 2014 Copa Centroamericana.^[6]