Selvin Hernán González Morán (4 July 1981 - 26 May 2006) was a Salvadoran

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Club career

González played for Salvadoran premier division side Alianza and second division outfits

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, Once Municipal and Real San Martín.

International career

Selvin González was part of the Salvadoran

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gold medal-winning squad. He scored the decisive spot-kick of the penalty shoot-out in the final against

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. He then made his senior debut for El Salvador in a January 2003

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against Guatemala and had earned a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a November 2003 friendly match against

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Death

Accompanied by three friends, González was in his girlfriend's house on 26 May 2006, when he was shot by armed men. He died of internal bleeding a few hours later in a medical centre. He was buried in

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on 29 May 2006. Witnesses suspected the attackers to be members of the gang of the Colonia Los Ángeles. A minute of silence was held before the 2006 Clausura championship final between Águila and FAS, two days after González died.Águila campeón del Torneo de Clausura 2006
- Diario de Hoy

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