Óscar Emigdio Benítez
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Óscar Emigdio Benítez | ||
| Date of birth | October 6, 1948 | ||
| Place of birth | San Vicente, El Salvador | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Once Berlinés | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1964–1975 | C.D Santiagueño | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1991 | El Salvador | ||
| 1991–1992 | Real España | ||
| 1993–1994 | Águila | ||
| 1999 | FAS | ||
| 1999–2000 | Once Municipal | ||
| 1998–1999 | El Salvador | ||
| 2000–2001 | Motagua | ||
| 2001 | Atlético Balboa | ||
| 2001–2002 | Municipal Limeño | ||
| 2003 | Aspirante | ||
| 2004 | Once Municipal | ||
| 2005 | Coca Cola | ||
| 2006 | Alianza | ||
| 2006–2007 | Platense | ||
| 2008 | San Salvador F.C. | ||
| 2008 | Luis Ángel Firpo | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Óscar Emigdio Benítez (born October 6, 1948 in San Vicente, El Salvador) is a former Salvadoran (El Salvador) football player and manager. Benítez became a coach and has spent almost two decades managing several clubs in El Salvador and Honduras.
In 1991, Benítez was named head coach of the El Salvador national team, which he managed at the 1991 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup. His second period as El Salvador's manager began in 1999, and ended one year later. During that time, El Salvador failed to qualify to the 2002 World Cup. He left the national team for Honduran champions Motagua.
He later coached C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo but was dismissed after less than four months with the club, due to poor results.
Óscar Emigdio Benítez was elected the head of Asociación de Entrenadores de Fútbol de El Salvador (AEFES) from 2011 until he lost the election to Douglas Vidal Jimenez in 2015.
Benítez was elected to be the Coordinator of the El Salvador National football team in June 2009. However after The under 20 was eliminated due to the failure of the right paperwork for the player Dustin Corea. Benítez resigned due to his part in the scandal.
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