Gilberto Alfredo Murgas Fajardo (born January 22, 1981, in El Refugio, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran football player.

Club career Nicknamed Gárgamel, he started his career as a midfielder for FAS, making his debut against Belizean side Acros Verdes in March 1999.Profile - CD FAS He left FAS for Chalatenango in 2007 only to move on to play for Águila a year later.Profile - El Gráfico

After returning to FAS in July 2010Gilberto Murgas se vestirá nuevamente de azulgrana - CD FAS he decided to retire in 2011 and move to Houston, where he started a construction company.Gilberto Murgas: "Ya estoy retirado" - El Gráfico

International career Murgas made his debut for El Salvador in a July 2000 friendly match against Mexico and has earned a total of 40 caps, scoring 4 goals.

He has represented his country in 6 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 2003,Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2003 - Details - RSSSF 2005Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2005 - Details - RSSSF and 2007 UNCAF Nations CupsUNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2007 - RSSSF as well as at the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup.CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2003 - Full Details - RSSSF

His final international game was a February 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Costa Rica.

International goals Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first. # Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 15 February 2003 Estadio La Pedregaleña, Colón, Panama 1-0 1-0 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup 2 8 July 2003 Reliant Stadium, Houston, US 1-2 1-2 Friendly match 3 19 July 2003 Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts, US 1-1 2-5 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup 4 12 May 2004 Robertson Stadium, Houston, US 2-2 3-3 Friendly match

Personal life Murgas has two children.

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