Raúl Esnal
Uruguayan footballer (1956-1993)
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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
Full name
Raúl Esnal Ramirez
Date of birth
23 April 1956
Place of birth
Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death
15 December 1993 (aged 37)
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Raúl Esnal Ramirez | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 April 1956 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 15 December 1993 (aged 37) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Sonsonate, El Salvador | |||||||||||||
| Position | 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 | |||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1983 | Uruguay | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
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]