Raúl Corcio | |
Fullname: | Raúl Corcio Zavaleta |
Birth Date: | 20 March 1937 |
Birth Place: | Santa Ana, El Salvador |
Position: | striker |
Youthclubs1: | Pipiles FC |
Youthyears2: | 1952-53 |
Youthclubs2: | Juventud Atlética |
Years1: | 1953-55 |
Years2: | 1954 |
Years3: | 1955 |
Years4: | 1957–1959 |
Years5: | 1959–1963 |
Years6: | 1963–1965 |
Years7: | 1966–1967 |
Years8: | 1968 |
Years9: | 1969 |
Years10: | 1970–1971 |
Years11: | 1972 |
Years12: | 1973 |
Clubs1: | Santa Anita |
Clubs2: | Excélsior |
Clubs3: | C.D. FAS |
Clubs4: | Atlante |
Clubs5: | Águila |
Clubs6: | Olimpia |
Clubs7: | Atletico Marte |
Clubs8: | Firpo |
Clubs9: | Sonsonate |
Clubs10: | C.D. Dragon |
Clubs11: | Municipal Limeno |
Clubs12: | El Roble de Ilobasco |
Nationalteam1: | El Salvador |
Manageryears1: | 1987 |
Managerclubs1: | Cojutepeque F.C. |
Managerclubs2: | ADET |
Pcupdate: | January 2008 |
Ntupdate: | 2008 |
Raúl Corcio Zavaleta (20 March 1937 – 28 October 2022) was a Salvadoran professional football player and coach.
Corcio joined newly promoted Club Deportivo Aguila in 1959, he assisted the club in winning back to back titles (1959, 1960–61). The latter was under the management of Honduran Carlos Padilla who played a major part in Zavaleta next move. Zavaleta became the first Salvadoran to join Honduran powerhouse Olimpia, In his two years (1963-1965) with Olimpia he was able to win one championship. https://www.laprensagrafica.com/deportes/ldquoEl-Bichordquo-que-se-nacionalizo-salvadoreno-20150114-0063.html
Corcio represented El Salvador.
In 1987, he took up his first post as a coach when he took charge of Cojutepeque. He was appointed manager of ADET in 1990.
Corcio died on 28 October 2022, at the age of 78.[1]