Alexander Escobar
Salvadoran footballer (born 1984)
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Alexander Escobar Rosales (born April 4, 1984) is a Salvadoran footballer who has played for the El Salvador national team.
Full name
Alexander Escobar Rosales
Date of birth
April 4, 1984
Place of birth
Metapán, El Salvador
Height
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Escobar Rosales | ||
| Date of birth | April 4, 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Metapán, El Salvador | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2000 | C.D. San Francisco Junior | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2012 | A.D. Isidro Metapán | 318 | (31) |
| 2013 | Alianza F.C. | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1998–2000 | El Salvador U17 | ||
| 2000–2002 | El Salvador U20 | ||
| 2002–2011 | El Salvador | 34 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of March 3, 2010 | |||
Club career
He played in the C.D. San Francisco Junior youth teams and has played all of his professional career at A.D. Isidro Metapán,[1] since making his debut in 2001.
International career
Nicknamed la Rastra, Escobar made his debut for El Salvador in a January 2003 friendly match against Guatemala and has, as of December 2010, earned a total of 34 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 7 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[2] and played at the 2003[3] and 2009 UNCAF Nations Cups[4] as well as at the 2007[5] and 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cups.[6]
