Elmer Acevedo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Acevedo and the second or maternal family name is Aguilar.

Élmer Ángel Acevedo Aguilar (24 February 1946 – 30 August 2017) was a footballer from El Salvador who played as a striker for the national football team.

Élmer Acevedo

Acevedo in 1970
Personal information
Full name	Élmer Ángel Acevedo Aguilar
Date of birth	(1946-02-24)24 February 1946[1]
Place of birth	Chanmico, La Libertad, El Salvador
Date of death	30 August 2017(2017-08-30) (aged 71)
Place of death	Acajutla, Sonsonate, El Salvador
Position(s)	striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965–1971	FAS		(47)
International career
	El Salvador
Managerial career
1973	Los Andes
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 March 2008

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.^[2]

International career

Acevedo represented El Salvador at the 1968 Olympic Games and in 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification,^[3] 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.^[4]

He died on 30 August 2017, in Acajutla, Sonsonate, El Salvador.^[5]