title: Genaro Sermeño
text: # Genaro Sermeño
  
  Genaro Antonio Sermeño Quijada (28 November 1948 – 23 December 2022) was an El Salvadoran footballer who represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup.
  
  ## Club career
  
  Sermeño played eight years for FAS in which he scored 29 goals.
  
  ## International career
  
  Nicknamed el Kaizer, Sermeño played 14 minutes for the El Salvador national team during the 1970 FIFA World Cup.
  
  ## Managerial career
  
  In 1999, Sermeño was technical director of Juventud Olímpica.
  
  ## Death
  
  On 23 December 2022, Sermeño died from complications from diabetes, at a private hospital in Santa Ana, El Salvador. He was 74.
  
  