Name: José Mauricio Cienfuegos



Country: El Salvador
Club: Los Angeles Galaxy
Position: *AMF, CMF
Side: RF/BS
Age: 28-30 years (12/02/1968)

Height: 168 cm
Weight: 64 kg

Attack: 77
Defence: 48
Balance: 75
Stamina: 77
Top Speed: 82
Acceleration: 79
Response: 84
Agility: 78
Dribble Accuracy: 83
Dribble Speed: 81
Short Pass Accuracy: 84
Short Pass Speed: 79
Long Pass Accuracy: 82
Long Pass Speed: 76
Shot Accuracy: 80
Shot Power: 80
Shot Technique: 81
Free Kick Accuracy: 85
Curling: 88
Header: 73
Jump: 78
Technique: 82
Aggression: 78
Mentality: 77
Keeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 83

Injury Tolerance: A
Condition: 6
Weak Foot Accuracy: 6
Weak Foot Frequency: 4
Consistency: 5
Growth Type: Late peak

CARDS:
P20: Talisman
P03: Classic N°10
S06: Outside Curve
S05: 1-Touch Play

SPECIAL ABILITIES: Middle Shooting - Playmaking - Outside - Passing

Attack / Defence Awareness Card: Balance-Minded


INFO

Cienfuegos began his MLS career in Los Angeles after being the third player assigned to Los Angeles for the inaugural 1996 MLS season. At the time of his retirement in 2003, he was one of two remaining inaugural season Galaxy players along with teammate Cobi Jones. Cienfuegos appeared in 206 MLS games with 198 starts in eight seasons. He scored 35 goals and earned 80 assists with the Galaxy. With Cienfuegos as No. 10 in the lineup, the Galaxy was a dominant force in MLS capturing all three major regional championships, including the 2002 MLS Cup Championship, 2001 U.S. Open Cup and 2000 CONCACAF Champions’ Cup. In addition, the Galaxy advanced to the league semifinals six times (1996, 1998, ’99, ’00, 01, 02) and played in four MLS Cups (1996, 1999, 2001 and 2002). An instrumental figure in MLS history, Cienfuegos was named three times to the MLS’ Pepsi Best Eleven in 1996, 1998 and 1999. Always a fan favorite, Cienfuegos was voted six times to participate in the MLS All-Star Game (1996-01). He also garnered several team awards winning the club’s 1997 Most Valuable player, plus the 2001 and 2002 Humanitarian of the Year awards. A member of El Salvador’s National Team from 1987-2000, Cienfuegos appeared in over 75 international matches. He participated in World Cup Qualifying in 1994 and 1998. He also played with the national team in the 1995 UNCAF Tournament and the 1996 and 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cups. Cienfuegos, who grew up playing in the streets of San Salvador, El Salvador, played professional soccer player for 18 years. He made his professional debut with Racing Junior of El Salvador in 1985. He went on to play professionally in El Salvador with C.D. Syanpango (1986-87), Luis Angel Firpo (1988-91, 1993-95), and also in Mexico with Morelia (1991-92) and Santos Laguna (1992-93).

My first time posting here, would appreciate feedback if possible.

Hi, he was a player that I missed and I included him in my 1998 World Patch for PES6. One question, why yellow shooting accuracy and also headers? I saw it and it had a not very high average

From the videos I saw of him, he scored quite a lot of beautiful goals from outside the area, with some involving him dribbling his way up close before scoring (hence yellow on dribbling). From what I've seen shot accuracy impacts long/mid-range shooting (correct me if I'm wrong) so I decided to give him a yellow rating for shot accuracy. For shot technique I gave him 86 due to his famous bicycle kick goal but thinking better now I overrated him. About headers, you're right, he had a good jump, but his headers themselves weren’t that accurate. Updated both headers and shot technique.

10 of his 35 league goals for LAG are from penalty. is he really prolific to earn yellow value in SA?
About his Header I dont think he is at level of Messi or even Salah.

HEA can definitely be white. MEN also can be green unless you have a reason why he deserves yellow. You didn't provide any info on his abilities, so I don't know. DEF seems also high for a mainly offensive player. One more thing, the era definitely doesn't need to be this long. It should 1996-1998. He started to be way less prolific in 1999 and scored 0 goals in 2003.

Updated. I think Mentality belongs in the yellow level since he was a team player and an experienced captain. Plus, he received only 10 yellow cards in 8028 minutes played (89 matches). 7 yellow cards in 1996, 0 in 1997, and 3 in 1998. But I never understood Mentality in the old PES games, a lot of good players have a mentality below 70.

Mentality has nothing to do with a player's physical and technical abilities. It refers to how good a player's performance can be throughout the entire match regardless of his stamina or if his team is losing. A player who also tends to sabotage his team by making stupid mistakes or fouls also deserves low mentality.

Oh, alright! Updated and thanks.