Tito Díaz Explained

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]

Club career

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

International career

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

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oscar Armando Díaz :: Oscar Armando Díaz ::. www.zerozero.pt. pt. 2019-11-15.
  2. Web site: Tito Díaz. worldfootball.net. en. 2019-11-15.
  3. Web site: Tito Diaz's High School Football Stats. MaxPreps.com. en. 2019-11-15.
  4. https://www.rsssf.org/tables/96gc-full.html CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1996 - Full Details
  5. Web site: Bare kills - Oscar Diaz-Cobo - Free E-Book Download. terment.ru. 2019-11-15.
  6. Astillas de fina madera.com
  7. Astillas de fina madera.com
  8. http://www.elsalvadorfc.com/2011-09-15-cristiam-bustillo-nuevo-jugador-aguila Cristiam Bustillo, del Sevilla al Águila