The Most Famous

SOCCER PLAYERS from El Salvador

This page contains a list of the greatest Salvadoran Soccer Players. The pantheon dataset contains 21,273 Soccer Players, 12 of which were born in El Salvador. This makes El Salvador the birth place of the 99th most number of Soccer Players behind Luxembourg, and Kuwait.

Top 10

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Salvadoran Soccer Players of all time. This list of famous Salvadoran Soccer Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Salvadoran Soccer Players.

1. Jaime Rodríguez (1959 - 2025)

With an HPI of 59.18, Jaime Rodríguez is the most famous Salvadoran Soccer Player. His biography has been translated into 46 different languages on wikipedia.

Jaime Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez (17 January 1959 – 14 September 2025) was a Salvadoran football player. Rodríguez represented his country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.

2. Mágico González (b. 1958)

With an HPI of 57.45, Mágico González is the 2nd most famous Salvadoran Soccer Player. His biography has been translated into 21 different languages.

Jorge Alberto González Barillas (born 13 March 1958), popularly known as El Mágico ("The Magical One" or "The Wizard"), is a Salvadoran former professional footballer who played mainly as a forward. At the club level, he played mainly for FAS and Spain's Cádiz in a 24-year senior career. Dogged by his self-admitted and often-reported lack of discipline, he was often hailed as the greatest and most skilled footballer ever produced by El Salvador, and as one of the greatest players from the CONCACAF region. González represented the El Salvador national team for more than two decades, taking part in the 1982 World Cup and the 1998 Gold Cup.

3. Pipo Rodríguez (b. 1945)

With an HPI of 53.58, Pipo Rodríguez is the 3rd most famous Salvadoran Soccer Player. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Mauricio Alonso "Pipo" Rodríguez Lindo (born 12 September 1945) is a retired footballer from El Salvador. He represented his country at the 1968 Olympic Games, 1970 FIFA World Cup Mexico and coached them at the 1982 FIFA World Cup Spain.

4. Raúl Magaña (1940 - 2009)

With an HPI of 52.07, Raúl Magaña is the 4th most famous Salvadoran Soccer Player. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Raúl Alfredo Magaña Monzón (24 February 1940 – 30 September 2009) was a Salvadoran footballer and manager.

5. Ever Hernández (b. 1958)

With an HPI of 48.99, Ever Hernández is the 5th most famous Salvadoran Soccer Player. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Francisco Éver Hernández Rodríguez (born December 11, 1958) is a retired football player from El Salvador who represented his country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.

6. Luis Ramírez Zapata (b. 1954)

With an HPI of 48.82, Luis Ramírez Zapata is the 6th most famous Salvadoran Soccer Player. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Luis Baltazar Ramírez Zapata (born 6 January 1954) is a retired Salvadoran football forward, who played for the El Salvador national team for nearly two decades.

7. José María Rivas (1958 - 2016)

With an HPI of 48.72, José María Rivas is the 7th most famous Salvadoran Soccer Player. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

José María Rivas Martínez (12 May 1958 – 9 January 2016) was a football player from El Salvador.

8. Hugo Pérez (b. 1963)

With an HPI of 46.46, Hugo Pérez is the 8th most famous Salvadoran Soccer Player. His biography has been translated into 19 different languages.

Hugo Ernesto Pérez Granados (born November 8, 1963) is a former professional soccer player and coach who previously coached the El Salvador national from 2021 to 2023. Born in El Salvador, he represented the United States national team. During his fourteen-year career, he played professionally in the United States, France, Sweden, Saudi Arabia and his native El Salvador. Although born in El Salvador, he gained his U.S. citizenship as a youth and earned 73 caps, scoring sixteen goals, with the U.S. national team between 1984 and 1994. He was a member of the U.S. team at both the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He was the 1991 U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year and was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2008.

9. Luis Guevara Mora (b. 1961)

With an HPI of 45.51, Luis Guevara Mora is the 9th most famous Salvadoran Soccer Player. His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.

Luis Ricardo Guevara Mora (born 2 September 1961) is a Salvadoran former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Nicknamed el Negro, he became a member of the El Salvador national team and represented his country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Guevara remains one of El Salvador's best goalkeepers. He was known for his outstanding reflexes, leaping ability and acrobatic style of play, as well as his controversial antics off the field, which also earned him another nickname, 'el Loco'. He is the all-time cap leader for the El Salvador national team.

10. Eduardo Hernández (b. 1958)

With an HPI of 44.85, Eduardo Hernández is the 10th most famous Salvadoran Soccer Player. His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.

Julio Eduardo Hernández Fuentes (born 31 January 1958) is a retired football goalkeeper from El Salvador who was one of the three non-playing members of his country's squad at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.

People

Pantheon has 15 people classified as Salvadoran soccer players born between 1940 and 1989. Of these 15, 11 (73.33%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Salvadoran soccer players include Mágico González, Pipo Rodríguez, and Ever Hernández. The most famous deceased Salvadoran soccer players include Jaime Rodríguez, Raúl Magaña, and José María Rivas. As of April 2024, 3 new Salvadoran soccer players have been added to Pantheon including Luis Guevara Mora, Eduardo Hernández, and Ronald Cerritos.