Élmer Ángel Acevedo Aguilar (24 February 1946 – 30 August 2017) was a
footballer
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from
El Salvador
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ...
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.
International career
Acevedo represented
El Salvador
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ...
at the
1968 Olympic Games and in
1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
A total of 75 teams entered the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. Hosts Mexico and defending champions England qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition.
Fo ...
, where he scored in the match against
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...
which sparked the infamous
Football War
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. He also was a non-playing member of his nation's 1970 World Cup Finals squad in
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
.
He died on 30 August 2017, in
Acajutla
Acajutla is a seaport city in Sonsonate Department, El Salvador. The city is located at on the Pacific coast of Central America and is El Salvador's principal seaport from which a large portion of the nation's exports of coffee, sugar, and Balsa ...
,
Sonsonate
Sonsonate () is a city and district of El Salvador, of which it is also its municipal seat. It has an estimated population of 71,980 inhabitants for the year 2020. Sonsonate is the second most important city in western El Salvador. The town was ...
,
El Salvador
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ...
.
References
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
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