Erick Dowson Prado Meléndez (born January 25, 1976) is a retired Salvadoran professional footballer, and the current manager of first division team Once Deportivo.
A tall and tough defensive midfielder, Prado has had a lengthy career in the Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador, starting with ADET, with whom he clinched promotion to the top tier, alongside Santos Rivera and Héctor Canjura.
Dowson Prado signed as new coach of FAS for the rest of the Apertura 2018 tournament, replacing Colombian manager Álvaro de Jesús Gómez, who left the team because of family problems.
In November 25, Dowson Prado got to classify FAS for the quarter-finals of the Apertura 2018 tournament, after a 0–0 draw against Isidro Metapán in the Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez.
Prado made his debut for El Salvador in a December 1993 friendly match against the United States and has earned a total of 20 caps, scoring no goals.