Efraín Antonio Burgos is a retired Salvadoran football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 player.

Since 2009 he works for the USSF in San Francisco as a coach. His son Efrain Burgos, Jr.

Efrain Burgos, Jr.

Efrain "Junior" Burgos, Jr. is a Salvadoran footballer. He is the son of former footballer Efrain Burgos.-College and Amateur:...

 plays for Toronto FC

Toronto FC

Toronto FC is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Toronto, Ontario which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada....

 in Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...

.

Club career

Chirolón Burgos started his professional career at Once Lobos

Once Lobos

Once Lobos Chalchuapa, commonly known as Once Lobos, is a professional Salvadoran football club based in Chalchuapa, Santa Ana, El Salvador...

 and had spells at FAS

C.D. FAS

Club Deportivo Futbolistas Asociados Santanecos, commonly known as C.D. FAS or simply FAS , is a Salvadoran professional football club based in Santa Ana. They are rivals with Club Deportivo Águila. FAS currently play in the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional, their home ground being the...

 with whom he won the 1981 league title, Atlético Marte

Atlético Marte

Club Deportivo Atlético Marte is a football club from San Salvador, El Salvador. The club has changed their name a couple of times to C.D. Arabe Marte , and C.D. Atlético Marte Quezaltepeque . The club changed to its original name again in 2008; C.D...

, Isidro Metapán

A.D. Isidro Metapán

Asociación Deportiva Isidro Metapán, also known simply as Isidro Metapán, is a Salvadoran football club based in Metapán, El Salvador. The club currently plays in the Primera División, which is the top tier football league in the country...

 and Guatemala

Guatemala

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n side Coban Imperial

Cobán Imperial

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, before retiring with another league title win at Alianza

Alianza F.C.

Alianza Fútbol Club, also known simply as Alianza, is a football club based in San Salvador, El Salvador. Alianza is one of the most popular and successful clubs in El Salvador...

 in 1995.

International career

Burgos also played for El Salvador

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...

 and has represented them 5 times in the 1980s.

External links

¿Qué PASó con... efraín "chirolón" burgos?Su perfil y triunfos (his profile and honours) - ElSalvador.com