Carlos Iturralde Rivero

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Carlos Iturralde
Personnel
Surname Carlos Iturralde Rivero
birthday June 7, 1926
place of birth Mérida , Yucatan ,  Mexico
date of death August 1, 2004
Place of death Mexico City ,  Mexico
position striker
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1945-1950 Asturias
1950-1951 CD Guadalajara
1951-1955 Necaxa
1952-1953 →  América  (loan)
1955-1957 Atlante
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1974-1975 UNAM Pumas
1975-1976 Atlante
1 Only league games are given.

Carlos Iturralde Rivero (born June 7, 1926 in Mérida , Yucatán , † August 1, 2004 in Mexico City ) was a Mexican football player on the position of a striker . He is considered the best football player in the history of the Yucatán Peninsula .

Life

childhood

After his father, a former governor of the state of Yucatán, left his homeland and lived temporarily in Europe, the young Carlos came to the "old world" for the first time with football - which is in the shadow of baseball on the Yucatán peninsula and by no means is as popular as in central Mexico - in touch.

Player career

When the family returned to Mexico , they settled in the capital, where Carlos began his footballing career and was awarded a professional contract for the 1945/46 season with Club Asturias , which two years earlier had led the professional football championship of Mexico , which was held for the first time that season of the Austrian coach Ernst Pauler had won.

When Asturias retired from professional football at the end of the 1949/50 season and left the league, Iturralde moved to Club Deportivo Guadalajara , but returned to Mexico City after only one season and signed with Club Necaxa , where he was under contract until 1955 stood, but was also loaned to the neighboring club America for one season . Then he was still under contract with his actual favorite club Atlante , where he let his active career end.

Missed World Cup participation

Iturralde, who had never played a game for the Mexican national team , was supposed to be part of the Mexican squad at the 1950 World Cup ; but a serious knee injury ruined this possibility.

Activity as a trainer

After his active career, Iturralde worked, among other things, as a coach of the capital clubs UNAM Pumas and his "heart club" Atlante, with which he had been relegated to the Segunda División in the 1975/76 season - for the first time in the history of the Potros club .

Activity as an author

Iturralde also had an affinity for writing. He published a book called Amistad entre patadas and wrote a weekly column for a regional newspaper for an extended period of time .

Honors

The stadium in his hometown Mérida is named after him.

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personal data
SURNAME Iturralde Rivero, Carlos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION mexican soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Mérida , Yucatan , Mexico
DATE OF DEATH August 1, 2004
Place of death Mexico City , Mexico