Arturo Vázquez Ayala

Arturo Vázquez Ayala
Personnel
Surname	Arturo Vázquez Ayala
birthday	June 26, 1949
place of birth	Mexico City ,  Mexico
size	174 cm
position	Defense
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1970-1979	UNAM Pumas
1979-1980	Guadalajara	38 (0)
1980-1985	Atlante	184 (5)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1973-1980	Mexico	54 (4)
1 Only league games are given.

Arturo Vázquez Ayala (born June 26, 1949 in Mexico City ) is a retired Mexican football player who was usually used as a left defender .

Career

society

Vázquez Ayala played almost exclusively in his hometown during his career: initially for nine years (1970/71 to 1978/79) for the UNAM Pumas and then for five years (1980/81 to 1984/85) for the CF Atlante , where he also ended his active career. In between he only played one season (1979/80) outside the capital for Mexico's most popular football club Chivas Guadalajara , which is based in Mexico 's second largest city .

National team

Vázquez Ayala completed a total of 54 games for the Mexican national soccer team , in which he scored four goals. He made his debut in a friendly against Poland (1: 2) on August 8, 1973. He scored his first international goal in a friendly against Yugoslavia (5: 1) on February 1, 1977.

The highlight of his international playing career was his participation in the Football World Cup in 1978 , where he played all games in full as captain of his team. At this World Cup, he scored the first goal of group B in the 45th minute with a penalty for a 1-0 break lead against Tunisia. But in the end Mexico lost the game with 1: 3 and was bottom of the group with 2:12 goals and 0-6 points.

Web links

• Player profile at NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAMS
• International match dates on the Mexican Football Association website