Alberto Villalta
Appearance
![]() Villalta in 1970 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mauricio Alberto Villalta Ávila | ||
Date of birth | 19 November 1947 | ||
Place of birth | San Salvador, El Salvador | ||
Date of death | 4 March 2017 | (aged 69)||
Place of death | San Salvador, El Salvador | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1965–1967 | Alianza | ||
1968–1970 | Atlético Marte | ||
1971–? | FAS | ||
International career | |||
1970 | El Salvador | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Mauricio Alberto Villalta Ávila (19 November 1947 – 4 March 2017)[1] was a Salvadoran footballer.
Club career
[edit]Villalta played for Alianza, with whom he won their first league title in 1966,[2] Atlético Marte and FAS.
International career
[edit]He represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico and at the 1968 Summer Olympics also in Mexico.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Martell, Samuel (4 March 2017). "Falleció el mundialista salvadoreño Alberto "Pechuga" Villalta". El Gráfico. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ Los éxitos albos en la historia – El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish)
- ^ "Alberto Villalta Biography and Statistics". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
External links
[edit]- Alberto Villalta – FIFA competition record (archived)
- La historia de la clasificacion a la Copa Mundo 1970 – El Balón Cuscatleco (in Spanish)
Categories:
- 1947 births
- 2017 deaths
- Footballers from San Salvador
- Men's association football midfielders
- Salvadoran men's footballers
- El Salvador men's international footballers
- 1970 FIFA World Cup players
- Olympic footballers for El Salvador
- Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Alianza F.C. footballers
- C.D. Atlético Marte footballers
- C.D. FAS footballers
- Salvadoran football biography stubs