Oscar Emigdio Benítez is a former Salvadoran (El Salvador) football

Football (soccer)

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 player and manager.

Coaching career

Oscar Emigdio Benítez became a coach, and has spent almost two decades managing several clubs in El Salvador

El Salvador

El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...

 and Honduras

Honduras

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El Salvador national team (1991 and 1999–2000)

In 1991, Benítez was named head coach of the El Salvador national team

El Salvador national football team

El Salvador's national football team represents El Salvador in international football and is sanctioned by the Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol . In 1899, Santa Ana and San Salvador met for the first hosted football game in El Salvador...

, which he managed at the 1991 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup. His second period as El Salvador's manager began in 1999, and ended one year later. During that time, El Salvador failed to qualify to the 2002 World Cup

2002 FIFA World Cup

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. He left the national team for Honduran champions Motagua

Club Deportivo Motagua

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He later coached C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo

C.D. Luis Angel Firpo

Club Deportivo Luis Ángel Firpo is an football club based in Usulután, El Salvador that plays in the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional. It has been one of the most successful clubs in El Salvador, having won 9 titles, firstly in 1989. Only FAS and Águila hold more league titles than Firpo,...

 but was dismissed after less than 4 months with the club, due to poor results.

Coordinator of the El Salvador National football team

Benítez was elected to be the Coordinator of the El Salvador National football team in June, 2009.
However after The under 20

El Salvador national under-20 football team

The El Salvador Under 20's football team, more commonly known as La Azulita, is controlled by Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol and represents El Salvador in international Under 20 or youth football competitions.-FIFA World Youth Championship Record:...

 was eliminated due to the failure of the right paperwork for the player Dustin Corea.
Benítez resigned due to his part in the scandal. http://www.elgrafico.com/destacado-portada/36-destacadas/9455-renuncio-benitez-coordinador-de-selecciones.html

External links

• Óscar Benítez: "El fútbol salvadoreño puede crecer - El Gráfico
• Con El Salvador en la mente, y Limeño en el corazón - El Diario de Hoy