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Tito Díaz
Personal information
Full name Óscar Armando Díaz
Date of birth (1970-10-15)15 October 1970
Place of birth El Salvador
Date of death 12 December 1998(1998-12-12) (aged 28)
Place of death Santa Rosa de Lima, El Salvador
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996 Municipal Limeño
1997–1998 FAS
International career
1997 El Salvador 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Óscar Armando Díaz (15 October 1970[1] – 12 December 1998), nicknamed Tito, was a Salvadoran professional footballer,[2] prior to which had played football in High School.[3]

Club career

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Nicknamed Tito, Díaz played for FAS, forming the forward line with Marlon Medrano, and Municipal Limeño.

International career

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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.[4]

Personal life and death

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Díaz was the son of Delfina Díaz de Escobar and José Carmen Escobar. Díaz was shot dead in a bar in Santa Rosa de Lima on 12 December 1998.[5] In his honour, Municipal Limeño decided to withdraw the no. 10 jersey.[6] The murder has never been solved.

Díaz's son, Cristian Bustillo, played for FESA[7] and joined C.D. Águila in September 2011.[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Oscar Armando Díaz :: Oscar Armando Díaz ::". www.zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Tito Díaz". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Tito Diaz's High School Football Stats". MaxPreps.com. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  4. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1996 - Full Details - RSSSF
  5. ^ "Bare kills - Oscar Diaz-Cobo - Free E-Book Download". terment.ru. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  6. ^ Astillas de fina madera.com
  7. ^ Astillas de fina madera.com
  8. ^ Cristiam Bustillo, del Sevilla al Águila - El Salvador FC (in Spanish)
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