Rafael Tobar

José Rafael Tobar
Personal information
Full name	José Rafael Tobar Lemus
Date of birth	November 24, 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth	Turín, Ahuachapán, El Salvador
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Alacranes Del Norte
Youth career
1990–1992	Turín
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–1995	Huracán
1995	Once Lobos
1996–2000	Luis Ángel Firpo
2000–2006	FAS
2007	Isidro Metapán
2007	Luis Ángel Firpo
2008–2009	Juventud Independiente
2009–2010	Nejapa
2010–	Alacranes Del Norte
International career‡
1998–2005	El Salvador
Managerial career
2023-Present	AD Torino
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 July 2011; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 July 2011

José Rafael Tobar Lemus (born 24 November 1975 in Turín) is a Salvadoran football player who plays as defender for Alacranes Del Norte of El Salvador.

Club career

Tobar started his career at hometown club Turín in the third division and joined Salvadoran second division side Huracán in 1992. After a short spell at Once Lobos he made his debut at the highest domestic level, the Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador, with Luis Ángel Firpo in 1996 and in 1998 he won the league title with them. After two more championships, he left Firpo for rivals FAS for whom he debuted in November 2000 against Atlético Balboa and with whom he won five league titles. In December 2006 Tobar was put on the transfer list^[1] and finally moved to Isidro Metapán only to rejoin Firpo for a season. He then had spells at Juventud Independiente and Nejapa who were later renamed Alacranes Del Norte.^[2]

Tobar made his debut for El Salvador in a November 1998 friendly match against Honduras and has earned a total of 7 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches^[3] and played at the 2005 UNCAF Nations Cup.^[4]

His final international game was an August 2005 friendly match against Paraguay.

1998/1999, 1999 Clausura, 2000 Clausura, 2002 Clausura, 2002 Apertura, 2003 Apertura, 2004 Apertura, 2005 Clausura