Raúl Esnal

Raúl Esnal (23 April 1956 – 15 December 1993) was a football defender from Uruguay,[1] who obtained a total number of 4 international caps for the Uruguay national football team.[2]

Raúl Esnal
Personal information
Full name Raúl Esnal Ramirez
Date of birth (1956-04-23)23 April 1956
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death 15 December 1993(1993-12-15) (aged 37)
Place of death Sonsonate, El Salvador
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1983 Montevideo Wanderers 198 (3)
1984 Union de Santa Fe
1985 Aurora
1985–1987 Atlético Marte
1987–1988 Maestranza
1988–1989 Acajutla
1989–1990 Tiburones
1990 Fuerte San Francisco
1991 Cojutepeque
1992 Isidro Metapán
1993 Apaneca
National team
1983 Uruguay 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

International career

He was a member of the team that won the 1983 Copa América.[3]

Personal life and death

Esnal is the father of Salvadoran footballer Cristian Esnal.

On December 15, 1993, he was murdered in El Salvador, on the road between Ahuachapán and Acajutla. The murder case has never been solved.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Murdered footballers Test and Flashcards". studylib.net. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Raúl Esnal". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. Copa América 1983 - RSSSF
  4. Mareros asesinan a entrenador Archived 2012-10-04 at the Wayback Machine - El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish)
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