Elmer Acevedo
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Élmer Ángel Acevedo Aguilar (24 February 1946 – 30 August 2017) was a footballer from El Salvador who played as a striker for the national football team.
Club career
Born in La Libertad Department, he moved to study in Santa Ana and joined the youth team of local club FAS, aged 16. After six years in the first team, Acevedo retired in 1972 due to a serious injury to his left leg.[1]
International career
Acevedo represented El Salvador at the 1968 Olympic Games and in 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification,[2] where he scored in the match against Honduras which sparked the infamous Football War. He also was a non-playing member of his nation's 1970 World Cup Finals squad in Mexico.[3]
He died on 30 August 2017, in Acajutla, Sonsonate, El Salvador.[4]
References
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- ↑ Elmer puso a descansar los tacos Script error: No such module "webarchive". - El Salvador.com Template:In lang
- ↑ Record at FIFA tournaments - FIFA
- ↑ 1970 FIFA World Cup Mexico - El Salvador squad - FIFA
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- 1946 births
- 2017 deaths
- Sportspeople from La Libertad Department (El Salvador)
- Men's association football forwards
- Salvadoran men's footballers
- El Salvador men's international footballers
- Olympic footballers for El Salvador
- Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- 1970 FIFA World Cup players
- C.D. FAS footballers