Elmer Acevedo

Élmer Acevedo
	Acevedo in 1970
Personal information
Full name	Élmer Ángel Acevedo Aguilar
Date of birth	27 January 1949
Place of birth	Chanmico, La Libertad, El Salvador
Date of death	30 August 2017 (aged 68)
Place of death	Acajutla, Sonsonate, El Salvador
Position(s)	striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1965–1971	FAS
International career
	El Salvador
Managerial career
1973	Los Andes
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 March 2008

Élmer Ángel Acevedo Aguilar (27 January 1949 – 30 August 2017) was a footballer from El Salvador who played as a striker for the national football team.

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.^[1]

Acevedo represented El Salvador at the 1968 Olympic Games and in 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification,^[2] where he scored in the match against Honduras which sparked the infamous Football War. He also was a non-playing member of his nation's 1970 World Cup Finals squad in Mexico.^[3]

He died on 30 August 2017, in Acajutla, Sonsonate, El Salvador.^[4]

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