José Francisco Jovel
Personal information
Full name José Francisco Jovel Cruz
Date of birth (1951-05-26) 26 May 1951 (age 72)
Place of birth Usulután, El Salvador
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1965–1972 Calavera Usulután
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1978 CD Luis Ángel Firpo
1979–1983 CD Águila
1984–1987 CD Luis Ángel Firpo
International career
1976–1985 El Salvador 46 (0)
Managerial career
2017–2019 CD Luis Ángel Firpo[1] (sports director)
2018 CD Luis Ángel Firpo[2] (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Francisco Jovel Cruz (born 26 May 1951 in Usulután, El Salvador) is a former professional football player from El Salvador, who represented his country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.[3][4][5]

Club career

Paco Jovel started playing football with the Calaveras football team in the Salvadoran Second Division when only 14 years old and joined hometown Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador side Luis Ángel Firpo in 1972. He formed a formidable partnership with Brazilian Luis Nelson De Moraes but won his only league title during a couple of seasons with Águila, before finishing his career back at Luis Ángel Firpo after spending 15 years at the highest level. He was nicknamed el Káiser because his playing style resembling that of West Germany legend Franz Beckenbauer.[6]

International career

Jovel made his senior debut for El Salvador in 1976 and played for his country in 22 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and all three matches at the 1982 World Cup Finals.[7] In total, he played 110 matches for the Cuscatlecos in all (including unofficial) matches. Jovel also played for El Salvador at the 1975 Pan American Games.[8]

Retirement and personal life

Jovel works as a social worker in San Miguel.[9] He is married and has three children. His son Carlos Francisco Jovel Navas played for Luis Ángel Firpo.[10]

Honours

1983

References

  1. ^ "Ex mundialista Paco Jovel es el nuevo director deportivo de Firpo". Noticias de El Salvador – La Prensa Gráfica | Informate con la verdad.
  2. ^ "Tres juegos de castigo para Nelson Barrios, del Firpo, y $500 de multa". El Gráfico.
  3. ^ "Francisco Jovel :: Jose Francisco Jovel Cruz ::". ceroacero.es.
  4. ^ "Víctor Girón, del Firpo, acusa al Alianza de ser un equipo "ratonero"". El Gráfico.
  5. ^ ""Paco" Jovel: "Mi intención no fue ofender ni molestar a Barrios"". El Gráfico.
  6. ^ Francisco Jovel El ‘Káiser’ usuluteco – Diario de Oriente (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Francisco Jovel – FIFA competition record (archived)
  8. ^ "Pan-American Games 1975 (Mexico) – Match Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  9. ^ Los Mundialistas del '82 en el 2007 – El Balón Cuscatleco (in Spanish)
  10. ^ "Franciso[sic] Jovel: "Voy a colaborar, siempre salvaguardando a mi familia"". Noticias de El Salvador – La Prensa Gráfica | Informate con la verdad.

External links


El Salvador squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup
Categories