Dagoberto Portillo Gamero (born November 16, 1979) is a Salvadoran former football goalkeeper. He was banned for life in 2013, for match fixing while playing for the El Salvador national football team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dagoberto Portillo Gamero | ||
| Date of birth | November 16, 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | San Salvador, El Salvador | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2001 | Alianza | ||
| 2001–2003 | Luis Ángel Firpo | ||
| 2003–2004 | Chalatenango | ||
| 2004–2006 | Isidro Metapán | ||
| 2006–2008 | Alianza | ||
| 2008–2009 | Isidro Metapán | 33 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | FAS | 33 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Once Municipal | (3) | |
| 2011–2013 | Luis Ángel Firpo | 67 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1995 | El Salvador U20 | ||
| El Salvador U21 | |||
| El Salvador U23 | |||
| 2002–2013 | El Salvador | 22 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 January 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 February 2011 | |||
Career
editClub
editHe began his football career with Alianza in 1999. In 2001, he transferred to Luís Ángel Firpo where he remained until 2003. That same year he was transferred to C.D. Chalatenango, with whom he played for the Clausura 2004. For the Apertura 2004, he arrived at Isidro Metapán, for whom he played until 2006, until he rejoined with Alianza again. For the Apertura 2008, Portillo returned to form part of the Isidro Metapán squad. He later would go on to join FAS for the Apertura 2009 before leaving to Once Municipal for the Apertura 2010. Though he returned to Luís Ángel Firpo for the 2011 season and has remained there ever since.
International
editDagoberto Portillo began his international career with El Salvador's U20 national team in 1995. Through the years, he also went on to form part of the El Salvador's U21 and U23 teams. He made his debut with the senior team in a March 2007 friendly match against Honduras, under then coach Carlos de los Cobos.[1] During his career in the senior team, he was injured numerous times; one game against Costa Rica in 2010 led him to the hospital.
On September 20, 2013, Portillo was one of 14 Salvadoran players banned for life due to their involvement with match fixing while playing for the national team.[2]
References
edit- ^ El Grafico Profile Archived 2020-04-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ "El Salvador match-fixing: 14 footballers banned for life". BBC. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
External links
edit- Dagoberto Portillo at National-Football-Teams.com
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