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Selvin González

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Selvin González
Personal information
Full name Selvin Hernán González Morán
Date of birth (1981-07-04)4 July 1981
Place of birth El Salvador
Date of death 26 May 2006(2006-05-26) (aged 24)
Place of death Soyapango, El Salvador
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 Alianza
2004 Coca Cola
2004–2005 Once Municipal
2005–2006 Real San Martín
International career
2003 El Salvador 3 (0)
*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

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

International career

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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

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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]

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