Nelson Mauricio Ancheta Flores (born 30 July 1963 in Chalchuapa) is a former Salvadoran professional football player and currently manager of Fuerte San Francisco.
[1] Nelson Ancheta began his career playing at Universidad Católica de El Salvador during his youth.
He coached various clubs in the next couple of years, including Once Municipal, Alianza, Águila and Luis Ángel Firpo, with varying degrees of success.
He then joined the newly formed club Ciclón del Golfo in 2012 and helped them win the Apertura 2012 de la Segunda División after a 2–1 aggregate victory over Turín FESA.
Ancheta joined Luis Ángel Firpo in 2014 in the quest to regain promotion back into the Primera División.
However, in their first campaign, despite going 16 games undefeated in the regular season, they were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Marte Soyapango.
Ancheta left the club in February 2017 due to poor results in the matches and was replaced by Víctor Coreas.