Atlante San Alejo, or better known as Atlante, was a professional soccer team 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...

. Atlante played in San Alejo

San Alejo

San Alejo is a municipality in the La Unión department of El Salvador....

, La Unión

La Unión

La Union or La Unión may refer to:-Colombia:*La Unión, Antioquia*La Unión, Nariño*La Unión, Sucre*La Unión, Valle del Cauca-Peru:*La Unión Province, Peru...

.
The club was previously called Guardia Nacional howeevr in the 1955-56 season they changed their name to AD Atlante.
The club team name derived because of the location's nearby shore, although, La Unión

La Unión

La Union or La Unión may refer to:-Colombia:*La Unión, Antioquia*La Unión, Nariño*La Unión, Sucre*La Unión, Valle del Cauca-Peru:*La Unión Province, Peru...

 is a port city on the Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

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, not the Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

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. Atlante never won a national title 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...

. However, they did manage to finish second in the 1956-57 national regular season league, and runners-up again in 1962.

Notable players

Alfredo Ruano

Alfredo Ruano

Alfredo Salomón Ruano Safie was a famous football player from El Salvador.-International career:Alfredo "Baiza" Ruano participated in many tournaments throughout his career with El Salvador, such as the CCCF Championship, CONCACAF Championship, and Central American and Caribbean Games.-External...

 BAIZA Jorge Suarez

Jorge Suarez

Jorge "Calero" Suárez was a former Salvadoran footballer. He is considered to be one of the best goalkeepers El Salvador has ever produced....

 Salvador Mariona

Salvador Mariona

Salvador Antonio Mariona Rivera is a retired soccer player from El Salvador who represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.-Club career:...

 Mauricio (Chino) Quintanilla

Mauricio (Chino) Quintanilla

Mauricio Quintanilla is a retired Salvadoran football player. He played for Club Deportivo Águila .-External links:*...

 Manuel Cañadas

Manuel Cañadas

Manuel de Jesús Cañadas is a retired footballer from El Salvador.-Club career:Cañadas has played the majority of his career at Atlético Marte, but also had spells at Alianza and Luis Ángel Firpo as well as in Guatemala with Antigua GFC.-International career:Cañadas has played for El Salvador from...

 Carlos contreras Jorge Cañas

Jorge Cañas

Jorge Joaquín Cañas Cerna, nicknamed El Cuto, was a Salvadoran football player.-Club career:Born in Santa Ana, El Salvador, Cañas played most of his career at local giants C.D. FAS, with whom he won the league title in 1962 and in 1971.-External links:* - CD FAS...

 Eduardo Pinedo El Monito Salvador Flamenco

Salvador Cabezas

Salvador Flamenco Cabezas is a retired footballer from El Salvador.-International career:Cabezas represented his country at the 1968 Summer Olympics and at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.-External links:...

 Manuel "sapito" Melara Bruno Navarrete Torres Meme Duke Eduardo Volkswagen Hernández Arturo Jaco Mauricio Alonso Rodríguez

Mauricio Alonso Rodríguez

Mauricio Alonso "Pipo" Rodríguez Lindo is a retired footballer from El Salvador. He represented his country at the Olympic Games in 1968, 1970 FIFA World Cup Mexico and coached them to in the 1982 FIFA World Cup Spain.-Playing years:...

Mincho Rodríguez Mardoqueo González Carlos "Cabrita" Martinez Leonardo Salas Raul Arias

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