Jorge Romo
| Jorge Romo | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Jorge Romo Fuentes | |
| birthday | April 20, 1923 | |
| place of birth | Mexico City , Mexico | |
| date of death | 17th June 2014 | |
| Place of death | Cuernavaca , Mexico | |
| size | 176 cm | |
| position | Defender | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1937-1941 | Juventud | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1941-1947 | Juventud | |
| 1947-1950 | Asturias | |
| 1950-1954 | Marte | |
| 1954-1961 | Toluca | |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1949-1960 | Mexico | 13 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Jorge Romo Fuentes (born April 20, 1923 in Mexico City , † June 17, 2014 in Cuernavaca ) was a Mexican football player who played in defense .
biography
society
Romo began his active career with his hometown club Juventud , where he first played in the youth and later in the adults. In 1947 he decided to turn pro and signed with CF Asturias . After the Asturianos withdrew from professional football at the end of the 1949/50 season, Romo moved to CD Marte . and won the championship with this club in the 1953/54 season. Immediately after winning the title, Marte had to part with a number of players due to financial problems and Romo went to Deportivo Toluca FC , where he stayed until the end of his playing football career in 1961. With this club he won the Copa México in 1956 with a 2-1 final win over Irapuato .
National team
Romo made his debut in the Mexican national team on September 11, 1949 in a World Cup qualifier against Cuba, which was won 2-0.
In the 1950 World Cup he was indeed taken into account, but was for the world championships in 1954 and 1958 nominations, where he completed a total of four games in 1954, he played both games of the Mexicans against Brazil (0: 5) and France (2: 3), 1958 the group matches against Sweden (0: 3) and Wales (1: 1), when "el Tri" won his first point at a World Cup.
On March 10, 1960, he completed his last ten-minute international game in a friendly against Argentina, which was lost 3-2.
official
After his playing days, Romo became a manager at Club Toluca, held several functions within the Mexican Football Association and was chief delegate of the Mexican football delegation at the 1964 Olympic Games .
successes
- Mexican champion : 1954 (with Marte)
- Copa México : 1956 (with Toluca)
- Campeón de Campeones : 1954 (with Marte)
swell
Individual evidence
- ^ Fallce Jorge Romo, ex mundialista mexicano
- ↑ Jugadores Destacados del Deportivo Toluca (Spanish; accessed March 24, 2014)
- ↑ Juan Cid y Mulet: Libro de Oro del Fútbol Mexicano, Tomo II , B. Costa-Amic, Mexico City, 1961, p. 353
- ↑ Juan Cid y Mulet: Libro de Oro del Fútbol Mexicano, Tomo II , B. Costa-Amic, Mexico City, 1961, p. 278
- ↑ a b PODER EDOMEX: Reminder of Don Jorge Romo Fuentes ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish; article of April 12, 2008)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Romo, Jorge |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Romo Fuentes, Jorge (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | mexican soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mexico City , Mexico |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th June 2014 |
| Place of death | Cuernavaca , Mexico |