Tomás Pineda
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tomás Ernesto Pineda Nieto | ||
| Date of birth | January 21, 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Ana, El Salvador | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1963–1968 | UES | ||
| 1968–1971 | Alianza | ||
| 1971–1973 | Juventud Olímpica | ||
| 1974 | UES | ||
| 1975–77 | Luis Ángel Firpo | ||
| National team | |||
| 1976 | El Salvador | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 September 2011 | |||
Tomás Ernesto Pineda Nieto (born January 21, 1946) is a retired football player from El Salvador.
International career[]
Nicknamed el Flaco (the skinny one), Pineda represented El Salvador at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, though he did not play a single match.[1] He did appear in 2 qualifying matches for the 1978 FIFA World Cup,[2] but had been playing second fiddle to Raúl Magaña and Gualberto Fernández during his career.
Retirement[]
After retiring as a player, Pineda went into real estate and has worked as an architect and as an administrator at an automotive company.[3]
Personal life[]
Pineda is married to Regina and is father of three sons, two of them from his first marriage.
Honours[]
- 1971, 1973
References[]
- ^ 1970 World Cup, El Salvador Roster - FIFA
- ^ Tomás Pineda – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ “Don Gregorio se lo merece” Archived 2012-07-07 at archive.today - La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish)
External links[]
- Profile - El Salvador.com (in Spanish)
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- 1946 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Santa Ana, El Salvador
- Association football goalkeepers
- Salvadoran footballers
- El Salvador international footballers
- 1970 FIFA World Cup players
- Alianza F.C. footballers
- C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo footballers
- Salvadoran football biography stubs