Erick Prado
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Erick Dowson Prado Mélendez | ||
| Date of birth | January 25, 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | San Salvador, El Salvador | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1994 | ADET | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1996 | ADET | ||
| 1996–1997 | Alianza FC | ||
| 1997–1998 | ADET | ||
| 1999–2000 | CD FAS | ||
| 2001–2002 | CD Atlético Marte | ||
| 2002–2011 | AD Isidro Metapán | ||
| 2008 | → FESA (loan) | ||
| International career | |||
| 1993–2005 | El Salvador | 20 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013–2015 | Turín FESA FC | ||
| 2015 | CD FAS reserves | ||
| 2016–2017 | El Salvador (Under 17) | ||
| 2018 | CD FAS (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2019 | CD FAS | ||
| 2021-Present | Chalatenango | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Erick Dowson Prado Meléndez (born January 25, 1976) is a retired Salvadoran professional footballer, and the current manager of first division team Chalatenango.
Club career
[edit]ADET
[edit]A tall and tough defensive midfielder, Prado has had a lengthy career in the Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador, starting with ADET, with whom he clinched promotion to the top tier, alongside Santos Rivera and Héctor Canjura.
After short spells at Alianza, ADET again, FAS and Atlético Marte, he ended up at Isidro Metapán for whom he played for almost 10 successive years bar a short stint at Segunda División club FESA.
Isidro Metapán
[edit]Skipper of Isidro Metapán, Prado suffered a serious knee injury at the end of the Apertura 2010 tournament and after almost 500 matches in 17 years of professional football, Prado finished his playing career in 2011, to become a coach.
With Isidro Metapán, Dowson Prado won the Clausura 2007, Apertura 2008, Clausura 2009, Clausura 2010 and Apertura 2010.
Coaching career
[edit]Turín FESA
[edit]In 2013 Dowson Prado signed as coach of Turín FESA. With Turín FESA Dowson Prado won the Clausura 2012 and Apertura 2014 of the Tercera División.
FAS reserves
[edit]In 2015 he signed as new coach of FAS reserves. With the juvenile team Dowson Prado won the Apertura 2015 tournament de Categoría de Reservas.
El Salvador Under-17
[edit]In January 2016 Dowson Prado signed as new coach of El Salvador (Under 17), replacing Edgar Henríquez. In May 2017, Dowson Prado was not renewed by the FESFUT.
FAS
[edit]Dowson Prado signed as new coach of FAS for the rest of the Apertura 2018 tournament, replacing Colombian manager Álvaro de Jesús Gómez, who left the team because of family problems. Previously, Dowson Prado worked as an assistant of Álvaro de Jesús Gómez. In November 25, Dowson Prado got to classify FAS for the quarter-finals of the Apertura 2018 tournament, after a 0–0 draw against Isidro Metapán in the Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez.
International career
[edit]Prado made his debut for El Salvador in a December 1993 friendly match against the United States and has earned a total of 20 caps, scoring no goals.
He has represented his country in 7 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 1999 and 2005 UNCAF Nations Cups[1] as well as at the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[2]
His final international game was a February 2005 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Costa Rica.
Honours
[edit]- Clausura 2007, Apertura 2088, Clausura 2009, Clausura 2010, Apertura 2010
References
[edit]- ^ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2005 - Details Archived 2009-04-02 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
- ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1996 - Full Details Archived November 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
External links
[edit]- Erick Prado at National-Football-Teams.com
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