Alberto Onofre

Alberto Onofre Cervantes (born July 5, 1947 in Guadalajara , Jalisco State ) is a retired Mexican soccer player who played for Chivas Guadalajara between 1965 and 1974 . His professional contract began immediately after the club's most successful era, in which Guadalajara won seven championship titles between 1956/57 and 1964/65.

Life

Alberto Onofre comes from a large family and was born the fifth child of a total of ten siblings. Its roots are in a working-class district in the south of Guadalajara, the second largest city in Mexico . The contact to his later parent club Chivas Guadalajara came through his eldest brother Ernesto, who knew the Chivas legend Sabás Ponce personally. Alberto was soon playing in one of the youth teams of Mexico's most popular club. Onofre was a brilliant midfielder whose scoring danger flashed, especially in the header game. At the age of 17 he made the leap into the professional team. Just in time to win the last championship title in the 1964/65 season with the team that went down in the annals of Mexican football history as "Campeonísimo".

Alberto Onofre made his international debut on November 5, 1969 against Belgium (1-0). Including the international match against Peru on March 18, 1970 (3: 3), which should also be his last for the reason already mentioned, he had put on the national team's dress six times and in his second outing against Norway (4: 0) even scored a goal.

Before the 1970 World Cup in his own country, he was considered one of the most promising talents because he knew better than anyone how to pull the strings in midfield. But just a few days before the start of the World Cup, during a training session surrounded by the Mexican national team, he crashed into a teammate so badly that he broke his tibia and fibula. This accident, at the age of less than 23, marked the end of a hopeful career. Because the serious injury initially forced him to take a two-year break. When he then resumed gaming, he was no longer the same. After two more seasons (1972/73 and 1973/74) he withdrew disappointed. He was just 27 years old. Since then he has been practicing his job as a lathe operator, which his father Dionisio Onofre Cabrera had already learned.

successes

• Mexican champion : 1970
• Mexican Supercup : 1970
• Cup winner : 1970