Francisco Osorto


Francisco "Pancho" Salvador Osorto Guardado was a Salvadoran footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Osorto won the Nacional Liga B league title in 1983 with his hometown club Municipal Limeño.

International career

Nicknamed Pancho, Osorto represented his country in five FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain. In 1977, he scored for El Salvador in an 8–0 drubbing of Nicaragua in qualification for the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Personal life and death

Osorto was married to Evelyn Rubio and the couple have four sons. His son Heraldo Salvador Osorto was a professional footballer with Atlético Marte and San Salvador.
Osorto died from liver failure on 26 February 2023, at the age of 65.

Honours

Municipal Limeno
  • Liga B: 1983
Santiagueno
El Salvador