Narciso Orellana

Narciso Orellana

Orellana with El Salvador in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Narciso Oswaldo Orellana Guzmán
Date of birth	28 January 1995
Place of birth	Metapán, El Salvador
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Alianza
Number	6
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2013	Titán	66	(8)
2013–2017	Isidro Metapán	174	(5)
2017–	Alianza	216	(9)
International career‡
2014–2015	El Salvador U20	10	(0)
2014	El Salvador U21	3	(0)
2015	El Salvador U23	6	(0)
2014–	El Salvador	63	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 August 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 July 2023

Narciso Oswaldo Orellana Guzmán (born 28 January 1995), also known as Chicho Orellana or Chicho, is a Salvadoran professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Primera División club Alianza and the El Salvador national team.

Club career

Titán

In 2010, Orellana began his career with Titán in the Segunda División de El Salvador. During his stay with the club, he made 66 appearances and scored 8 goals. A short time later, Primera División clubs saw the qualities that Orellana possessed and put their interest in signing Orellana.

Isidro Metapán

2013–14 season

Orellana signed with Isidro Metapán for the Apertura 2013. On 4 August 2013, Orellana officially made his debut under the trust of Jorge Rodríguez, against Santa Tecla. Orellana played for 46 minutes in the game, in which The Caleros would draw 3–3. On 8 December 2013, Orellana played in the second leg of the semi-finals against Atlético Marte, after winning against Alianza in the playoffs. Due to the equalization of points in the table, Orellana was sent off after 21 minutes of the first half, thus missing out on his first final. Isidro Metapán won by a score of 3–2. In Orellana's first season with the club, he played in 21 games and accumulated a total of 1,596 minutes, being named the rookie of the season.

Alianza

On 23 May 2017, Alianza officially announced the signing of Orellana, with a two-year contract. Orellana scored in a 7–0 victory against Chalatenango in the Estadio Cuscatlán, in the second leg of the quarter-finals of the Apertura 2018, in December 2018.

On 8 December 2018, Orellana was sent off in the second leg of the semi-finals of the Apertura 2018, a 2–2 draw against FAS. Alianza reached its fifth consecutive final since the Apertura 2016.

With Alianza, Orellana won two national league titles: Apertura 2017 and Clausura 2018.

International career

International goals

Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.