Óscar Armando Díaz
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Óscar Armando Díaz | ||
| Date of death | 12 December 1998 | ||
| Place of death | Santa Rosa de Lima, El Salvador | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1996 | Municipal Limeño | ||
| 1997–1998 | FAS | ||
| National team | |||
| 1997 | El Salvador | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Óscar Armando Díaz (died 12 December 1998) was a Salvadoran professional footballer.
Club career
Nicknamed Tito, Díaz played for FAS, forming the forward line with Marlon Medrano, and Municipal Limeño.
International career
Díaz made his debut for El Salvador in an April 1997 friendly match against Guatemala which proved to be his only international game. He was a non-playing squad member at the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[1]
Personal life and death
Díaz was the son of Delfina Díaz de Escobar and José Carmen Escobar. Tito was shot dead in a bar in Santa Rosa de Lima on 12 December 1998. In his honour, Municipal Limeño decided to withdraw the no. 10 jersey.[2] The murder has never been solved.
Díaz' son, Cristian Bustillo, played for FESA[3] and joined C.D. Águila in September 2011.[4]
References
- ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1996 - Full Details - RSSSF
- ↑ En memoria del fallecido delantero "Tito" Díaz - La Prensa Gráfica (Spanish)
- ↑ Astillas de fina madera -
- ↑ Cristiam Bustillo, del Sevilla al Águila - El Salvador FC (Spanish)
External links
- El fútbol catracho de luto - El Diario de Hoy (Spanish)
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