Elmer Acevedo Explained

Élmer Acevedo
Fullname:Élmer Ángel Acevedo Aguilar
Birth Date:27 January 1949
Birth Place:Chanmico, La Libertad, El Salvador
Death Place:Acajutla, Sonsonate, El Salvador
Years1:1965 - 1971
Clubs1:FAS
Goals1:47
Nationalteam1:El Salvador
Manageryears1:1973
Pcupdate:25 March 2008

Élmer Ángel Acevedo Aguilar (27 January 1949 – 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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.elsalvador.com/DIARIOS/OCCIDENTE/2003/09/12/DEPORTES/depor1.html Elmer puso a descansar los tacos
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20080929174420/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=44948/index.html Record at FIFA tournaments
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20070706055530/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=32/teams/team=43904.html 1970 FIFA World Cup Mexico - El Salvador squad
  4. Web site: Falleció Elmer Acevedo "La Zurda de Oro" - elsalvador.com. 30 August 2017. elsalvador.com. 3 September 2017.