Manuel de Jesús Cañadas (born 12 November 1947) is a retired footballer from El Salvador.

Cañadas has played the majority of his career at Atlético Marte, but also had spells at Alianza and Luis Ángel Firpo as well as in Guatemala with Antigua GFC.

Cañadas has played for El Salvador from 1968 through 1976 but missed out on the 1970 FIFA World Cup squad due to injury.

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