Saturnino Baltazar Osorio Zapata (6 January 1945 – 1980) was a footballer from El Salvador.

Saturnino Osorio
Osorio in 1970
Personal information
Full name Saturnino Baltazar Osorio Zapata
Date of birth (1945-01-06)January 6, 1945
Place of birth El Salvador
Date of death 1980
Position(s) Right Back
Youth career
1964–1965 C.D. Águila (B)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1965–1970 C.D. Águila
1970–1974 Alianza
1974–1975 Platense
1975–1976 C.D. Águila
1976–1980 Alianza
International career
1968–1970 El Salvador
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Ninón, as Osorio was called, played for Águila,[1] Platense and Alianza. He was killed in Ciudad de Mejicanos, San Salvador by a salvadorean army check point.[2]

International career

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Osorio represented his country in 3 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.[3]

References

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  1. ^ El Salvador en la Copa Mundo 1970 - El Balón Cuscatleco (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Mareros asesinan a entrenador-Tragedias del fútbol Archived 2012-10-04 at the Wayback Machine - El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Saturnino OsorioFIFA competition record (archived)
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