Catarino Tafoya
| Catarino Tafoya | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Catarino Tafoya Meza | |
| birthday | January 12, 1940 | |
| place of birth | La Piedad , Michoacan , Mexico | |
| date of death | November 3, 2012 | |
| Place of death | Ciudad Madero , Tamaulipas , Mexico | |
| position | striker | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Club La Concepción | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1957-1959 | Reboceros de La Piedad | |
| 1959-1962 | Refinería Madero | |
| 1962-1963 | Atlas Guadalajara | |
| 1963-1964 | CD Oro | |
| 1964-1968 | CF Ciudad Madero | |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1963 | Mexico | 1 (0) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| UAT Correcaminos | ||
| CD Tampico | ||
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Catarino Tafoya (born January 12, 1940 in La Piedad , Michoacán , † November 3, 2012 in Ciudad Madero , Tamaulipas ), also known by the nickname El Cata , was a Mexican football player in the position of a striker and later football coach .
career
Tafoya learned to play football at Club La Concepción , an amateur club from the Barrio La Purísima in his hometown of La Piedad. He received his first professional contract in 1957 with city rivals Reboceros de La Piedad playing in the second division . In 1959 he moved to league rivals Refinería Madero , with whom he always played for promotion in the next few years, but always narrowly missed the goal of the first division. Therefore, he accepted the offer from Atlas Guadalajara to play for this in the 1962/63 season in the Primera División . After a year he moved to city rivals Club Deportivo Oro and again a year later Tafoya returned to Ciudad Madero, where he played for the club that is now CF Ciudad Madero . The club did not lose a single game in the 1964/65 season and won the second division championship eight points ahead of the Petroleros de Poza Rica . In addition, Tafoya achieved his personal success as the Segunda División's top scorer in the same season . In the two following seasons Tefayo was represented with the Orinegros in the top division and played after relegation from 1967 another season in the second division before he ended his active career at the age of 28.
Tafoyo then worked as a coach at the clubs UAT Correcaminos and Club Deportivo Tampico, which are also based in the state of Tamaulipas , but kept his center of life in Ciudad Madero until his death.
successes
- Mexican second division champion: 1964/65
- Top scorer of the Segunda División de México: 1964/65
Web links
- Agustín Cervantes: Catarino Tafoya, el Rey del Gol (Spanish; article of January 19, 2016); The article refutes the unanimous statements in the well-known football databases about his club affiliations, including the website of national football teams mentioned below. The correctness of his affiliation to Ciudad Madero (instead of Tampico) in the seasons 1965/66 and 1966/67 can also be seen from the team line- ups that can be read in this report: Fútbol sin compromisos: Los Orinegros de Ciudad Madero (Spanish; article from 25 . September 2013).
- Catarino Tafoya in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ José Luis R. Badillo: Los Duelos del Poza Rica FC ( Memento of the original from February 27, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish; accessed February 26, 2018)
- ↑ Mexico - List of Final Tables Second Division (1950-1995) at RSSSF (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tafoya, Catarino |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tafoya Meza, Catarino (full name); Cata (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | mexican soccer player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Piedad de Cabadas , Michoacan , Mexico |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 3, 2012 |
| Place of death | Ciudad Madero , Tamaulipas |