Tito Díaz | |
Fullname: | Óscar Armando Díaz |
Birth Date: | 15 October 1970 |
Birth Place: | El Salvador |
Death Place: | Santa Rosa de Lima, El Salvador |
Position: | Forward |
Years1: | 1996 |
Years2: | 1997 - 1998 |
Clubs2: | FAS |
Nationalyears1: | 1997 |
Nationalteam1: | El Salvador |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
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]
Nicknamed Tito, Díaz played for FAS, forming the forward line with Marlon Medrano, and Municipal Limeño.
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]
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]