Selvin González

Selvin González
Personal information
Full name	Selvin Hernán González Morán
Date of birth	4 July 1981
Place of birth	El Salvador
Date of death	26 May 2006 (aged 24)
Place of death	Soyapango, El Salvador
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2003	Alianza
2004	Coca Cola
2004–2005	Once Municipal
2005–2006	Real San Martín
International career‡
2003	El Salvador
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 August 2012

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

Club career[edit]

González played for Salvadoran premier division side Alianza^[1] and second division outfits Coca-Cola, Once Municipal and Real San Martín.

International career[edit]

Selvin González was part of the Salvadoran 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games gold medal-winning squad.^[2] He scored the decisive spot-kick of the penalty shoot-out in the final against Mexico.

He then made his senior debut for El Salvador in a January 2003 friendly match against Guatemala and had earned a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a November 2003 friendly match against Jamaica.

Death[edit]

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 Soyapango on 29 May 2006.^[3] Witnesses suspected the attackers to be members of the gang of the Colonia Los Ángeles.^[4]

A minute of silence was held before the 2006 Clausura championship final between Águila and FAS, two days after González died.^[5]

References[edit]

^ Con aroma de café Archived 2004-12-17 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish)
^ Central American and Caribbean Games 2002 (El Salvador) - Details - RSSSF
^ El fútbol otra vez está de luto Selvin González, ex jugador de Alianza y Real San Martín, fue asesinado la noche del viernes - Diario de Hoy (in Spanish)
^ La violencia se cobra la vida de otro futbolista^{[permanent dead link]} - La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish)
^ Águila campeón del Torneo de Clausura 2006 - Diario de Hoy (in Spanish)

External links[edit]

Selvin González at National-Football-Teams.com
Selvin González se despidió - Diario de Hoy (in Spanish)

[1] Con aroma de café Archived 2004-12-17 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish)

[2] Central American and Caribbean Games 2002 (El Salvador) - Details - RSSSF

[3] El fútbol otra vez está de luto Selvin González, ex jugador de Alianza y Real San Martín, fue asesinado la noche del viernes - Diario de Hoy (in Spanish)

[4] La violencia se cobra la vida de otro futbolista^{[permanent dead link]} - La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish)

[5] Águila campeón del Torneo de Clausura 2006 - Diario de Hoy (in Spanish)

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