Élmer Ángel Acevedo Aguilar (27 January 1949 – 30 August 2017) was a

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from El Salvador.

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.

International career

Acevedo represented El Salvador at the 1968 Olympic Games and in 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification, where he scored in 1 match against Honduras which sparked the infamous

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. He also was a non-playing member of their 1970 World Cup Finals squad in

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. He died on 30 August 2017, in

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, El Salvador.

References

1949 births 2017 deaths People from La Libertad Department (El Salvador) Men's association football forwards Salvadoran men's footballers El Salvador men's international footballers Olympic footballers for El Salvador Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics 1970 FIFA World Cup players C.D. FAS footballers {{ElSalvador-footy-bio-stub