Tomás Pineda


Tomás Ernesto Pineda Nieto is a retired football player from El Salvador.

International career

Nicknamed el Flaco, Pineda represented El Salvador at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, though he did not play a single match. He did appear in 2 qualifying matches for the 1978 FIFA World Cup, but had been playing second fiddle to Raúl Magaña and Gualberto Fernández during his career.

Retirement

After retiring as a player, Pineda went into real estate and has worked as an architect and as an administrator at an automotive company.

Personal life

Pineda is married to Regina and is father of three sons, two of them from his first marriage.

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