Pipo Rodríguez

Mauricio Alonso "Pipo" Rodríguez Lindo (born 12 September 1945) is a retired footballer from El Salvador.

Nicknamed Pipo, Rodríguez played soccer at high school level for the Colegio Externado San José.

The Universidad Club was owned by the Salvadoran National University, where "Pipo" studied and graduated with a civil engineer degree.

At the age of 20, he became the joint (with Panamanian Oscar Tapia) top scorer in the professional league with 23 goals during the 1965–66 season.

"Pipo" scored the winning goal in overtime against Honduras in a thrilling third game, which El Salvador won 3–2.

In the next and final qualifying round for the 1970 World Cup, El Salvador faced Haiti in the best two out of three matches.

El Salvador won the third game 1–0 in Jamaica thanks to a goal by Juan Ramon "Mon" Martinez.

"Pipo" was fitted for a cast soon after the end of this third game that qualified El Salvador for the 1970 World Cup.

Mauricio "Pipo" Rodríguez became a coach through the Association of trainers of football-soccer of El Salvador (AEFES).

In 1980, Mauricio Rodriguez was appointed coach of El Salvador which he led through the qualification stages for the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.