Full name Oscar Armando Diaz Place of birth El Salvador | Playing position Name Oscar Diaz | |
Date of birth (1970-10-15)15 October 1970 Date of death 12 December 1998(1998-12-12) (aged 28) Place of death Santa Rosa de Lima, El Salvador | ||
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Óscar Armando Díaz (15 October 1970 – 12 December 1998) was a Salvadoran professional footballer.
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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.
Personal life and death
Díaz was the son of Delfina Díaz de Escobar and José Carmen Escobar. Tito was shot dead in a bar in Santa Rosa de Lima on 12 December 1998. In his honour, Municipal Limeño decided to withdraw the no. 10 jersey. The murder has never been solved.
Díaz' son, Cristian Bustillo, played for FESA and joined C.D. Águila in September 2011.
References
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