Salvador Dubois Leiva (16 August 1935 – 11 July 2015) was a Nicaraguan footballer, who was considered one of the best goalkeepers that played for the Nicaragua national football team and Honduran powerhouse F.C. Motagua.[1]

Salvador Dubois
Personal information
Full name Salvador Dubois Leiva
Date of birth (1935-08-16)16 August 1935
Place of birth La Libertad, Nicaragua
Date of death 11 July 2015(2015-07-11) (aged 79)
Place of death Managua, Nicaragua
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Dínamo de Managua
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1967 Santa Cecilia
1968–1974 Motagua 92 (0)
1974 América
International career
Nicaragua 10 (0)
Managerial career
1977 Nicaragua
Santa Cecilia
Búfalos
MINT
1984 Walter Ferretti
Juventus
1991–1992 Nicaragua
1998 Masachapa
UNAN
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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He started his career at Santa Cecilia and moved abroad to play for Honduran giants F.C. Motagua for whom he would play 92 league matches.[2] He returned to Nicaragua for a final season at América 5 years later.

International career

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Dubois represented Nicaragua at the 1975 Pan American Games.[3]

Managerial career

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Dubois managed Nicaragua and several clubs in Nicaragua at different levels. After three years working for the (Nicaraguan FA (FENIFUT)) as Academy supervisor, he also joined Walter Ferretti as goalkeeper coach.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Fútbol Nacional de luto ante fallecimiento de Salvador Dubois". 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  2. ^ Desafíe a Ismael Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  3. ^ "Pan-American Games 1975 (Mexico) - Match Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  4. ^ Dubois con el Ferreti y Fenifut - La Prensa (in Spanish)
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