Genaro Sermeño

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Genaro Sermeño
Sermeño in 1970
Personal information
Full name Genaro Antonio Sermeño Quijada
Date of birth (1948-11-28)28 November 1948
Place of birth El Congo, Santa Ana, El Salvador
Date of death 23 December 2022(2022-12-23) (aged 74)
Place of death Santa Ana, El Salvador
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1976 FAS
International career
El Salvador
Managerial career
1999 Juventud Olímpica
2005 Once Lobos
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Genaro Antonio Sermeño Quijada (28 November 1948 – 23 December 2022) was an El Salvadoran footballer who represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup.[1]

Club career

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Sermeño played eight years for FAS in which he scored 29 goals.[2]

International career

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Nicknamed el Kaizer, Sermeño played 14 minutes for the El Salvador national team during the 1970 FIFA World Cup.[3]

Managerial career

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In 1999, Sermeño was technical director of Juventud Olímpica.[4]

Death

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On 23 December 2022, Sermeño died from complications from diabetes, at a private hospital in Santa Ana, El Salvador. He was 74.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Genaro SermeñoFIFA competition record (archived)
  2. ^ El tigre Celebró su Cumpleaños Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine - CD FAS
  3. ^ El Salvador en la Copa Mundo 1970 - ElBalónCuscatleco (in Spanish)
  4. ^ La corona coquetea con sus siete prometidos - El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Falleció el ex mundialista salvadoreño Genaro Antonio Sermeño - El Gráfico (in Spanish)
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