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] Casado con benigna Fernández hijos Raúl Nicolás Esnal Maria virginia Esnal Christian Eduardo Esnal Carmen Esnal
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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 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He was a member of the team that won the 1983 Copa América.[3]
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]
Uruguay squad – 1983 Copa América winners (12th title) | ||
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