Manuel Salazar

Manuel Alejandro Salazar Rivas (born January 23, 1986) is a Salvadoran retired professional footballer. He played for the El Salvador national team. Club career Salazar started his career at Salvadoran Second Division side Telecom before joining Luís Ángel Firpo in 2005. In December 2008, Salazar along with his club and national team teammate Carlos Monteagudo, both were invited to train with Mexican Primera División A team Monterrey 1a. A (effectively CF Monterreys reserve team), with the hopes of signing with the club's second division side. After the two-week trial, both players returned to El Salvador, with the promise from head coach Gerardo Jiménez, that he would look to open negotiations to transfer them to the club, whether on a full-time basis, or on loan however neither player was ever signed. On July 1, 2010, Salazar signed a six-month contract with FAS only to rejoin Firpo for the 2011 Clausura claiming FAS owing him three months wages.