Selvin González

Selvin González
Personal information
Full nameSelvin Hernán González Morán
Date of birth4 July 1981
Place of birth, El Salvador
Date of death26 May 2006 (aged 24)
Place of deathSoyapango, El Salvador
Playing positionDefender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001-2003Alianza
2004Coca Cola
2004-2005Once Municipal
2005-2006Real San Martín
National team
2003El Salvador3(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 August 2012
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is González and the second or maternal family name is Morán.

Selvin Hernán González Morán (4 July 1981 - 26 May 2006) was a Salvadoran footballer.

Club career

González played for Salvadoran premier division side Alianza[1] and second division outfits Coca Cola, Once Municipal and Real San Martín.

International career

Selvin González was part of the Salvadoran 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games gold medal-winning squad.[2] He scored the decisive spot-kick of the penalty shoot-out in the final against Mexico.

He then made his senior debut for El Salvador in a January 2003 friendly match against Guatemala and had earned a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a November 2003 friendly match against Jamaica.

Death

Accompanied by three friends, González was in his girlfriend's house on 26 May 2006, when he was shot by armed men. He died of internal bleedings a few hours later in a medical centre. He was buried in Soyapango on 29 May 2006.[3] Witnesses suspected the attackers to be members of the gang of the Colonia Los Angeles.[4]

A minute silence was held before the 2006 Clausura championship final between Águila and FAS, two days after González died.[5]

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