Antonio de la Torre Villalpando

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Antonio de la Torre
Personnel
Surname Antonio de la Torre Villalpando
birthday September 21, 1951
place of birth Lagos de Moreno , JaliscoMexico
position midfield
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1971-1974 UNAM Pumas
1974-1982 Club America 211 (20)
1982-1984 Puebla FC 68 0(5)
1984-1988 Atlas Guadalajara 94 0(2)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1972-1988 Mexico 44 0(1)
1 Only league games are given.

Antonio de la Torre Villalpando (born September 21, 1951 in Lagos de Moreno , Jalisco ) is a retired Mexican soccer player whose regular position was in midfield .

Life

society

De la Torre received his first professional contract in the 1971/72 season with Club Universidad Nacional , where he was under contract for three years. In 1974 he moved to city ​​rivals America , with whom he won the Mexican championship in the 1975/76 season . After eight years at Club America, he moved to Puebla FC in 1982 , with whom he won another league title in 1982/83 . In the ranks of Atlas Guadalajara , for which he played four years, he ended his active career in 1988.

National team

De la Torre made his debut in the dress of the Mexican national team in a friendly game against Peru on August 9, 1972, which was lost 3-2. His only international goal was on June 14, 1977 against Sepp Maier in a friendly against the German national team , in which he scored the 2-0 lead for the Mexicans. The game ended 2-2 with two subsequent goals by German striker Klaus Fischer .

The highlight of his international playing career was his participation in the Football World Cup 1978 , in which De la Torre played all three Mexican games in full and ended his national team career after the last group game against Poland (1: 3) on June 10, 1978.

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