He represented his country at the 1986 Football World Cup held in Mexico, where he was an integral part of the team's quarter-final run.
He share team with Héctor Miguel Zelada, "El Vasco" Aguirre, Alfredo Tena, Cristóbal Ortega.
He served as an assistant coach to Manuel Lapuente and the Mexico national team at the 1998 Football World Cup, as well as the 1996 Olympic Games.
El Salvador shared group with defending Gold Cup champions United States, Guatemala and Trinidad and Tobago.
Having missed the playoffs for just the second time in club history in 2010 and sitting near the bottom of the league with a 1–4–6 record, De Los Cobos was dismissed on 30 May 2011 and replaced by Frank Klopas.