Óscar Armando Díaz (15 October 1970 – 12 December 1998), nicknamed Tito, was a Salvadoran professional footballer, prior to which had played football in High School.

Club career

Nicknamed Tito, Díaz played for FAS, forming the forward line with Marlon Medrano, and Municipal Limeño.

Tito Díaz

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.

Tito Díaz

Personal life and death

Díaz was the son of Delfina Díaz de Escobar and José Carmen Escobar. Díaz 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.

Tito Díaz

Díaz's son, Cristian Bustillo, played for FESA and joined C.D. Águila in September 2011.

See also

List of unsolved murders

References

External links

El fútbol catracho de luto - El Diario de Hoy

1970 births

1990s murders in El Salvador

1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup players

1998 crimes in El Salvador

1998 deaths

1998 murders in North America

Men's association football forwards

C.D. FAS footballers

Deaths by firearm in El Salvador

El Salvador men's international footballers

Male murder victims

People murdered in El Salvador

Salvadoran men's footballers

Salvadoran murder victims

Unsolved murders in El Salvador