Alfonso Portugal
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alfonso Portugal Díaz | ||
Date of birth | 21 January 1934 | ||
Place of birth | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
Date of death | 12 June 2016 | (aged 82)||
Place of death | Atlixco, Puebla, Mexico | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1955–1958 | Necaxa | ||
1958–1959 | Poza Rica | ||
1959–1966 | América | ||
1966–1967 | Pumas | ||
1967 | Chicago Spurs | 1 | (0) |
International career | |||
1956–1961 | Mexico | 18 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1970–1971 | Pumas UNAM | ||
1976–1977 | Cruz Azul | ||
1979–1980 | Atlético Español | ||
1980 | Atlas | ||
1982–1983 | Tigres UANL | ||
1986–1987 | Ángeles | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alfonso Portugal Díaz (21 January 1934 – 12 June 2016)[1] was a Mexican football player, who played as defender for Mexico in the 1958 FIFA World Cup.[2]
Career
[edit]Portugal captained Club América to the 1965–66 Mexican Primera División title. He also played for Club Necaxa.[3] In 1967, he appeared in one match for the Chicago Spurs of the NPSL
References
[edit]- ^ Fallece el ex futbolista Alfonso 'Pescado' Portugal Archived 2016-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 1958 FIFA World Cup Sweden Archived October 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Homenajearán a Alfonso Portugal" [Honor to Alfonso Portugal] (in Spanish). Esto. 21 August 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
External links
[edit]- FIFA profile
- Alfonso Portugal at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile at MedioTiempo
Categories:
- 1934 births
- 2016 deaths
- Mexico men's international footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Liga MX players
- Club Necaxa footballers
- Club América footballers
- Club Universidad Nacional footballers
- 1958 FIFA World Cup players
- National Professional Soccer League (1967) players
- Chicago Spurs players
- Mexican football managers
- Cruz Azul managers
- Atlas F.C. managers
- Tigres UANL managers
- Footballers from Mexico City
- Mexican men's footballers
- Mexican expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Mexican expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- 20th-century Mexican sportsmen