Juan Carreño
Juan Carreño (born August 14, 1909 in Mexico City , † December 16, 1940 ibid), nicknamed "El Trompito", was a Mexican football player who acted in the position of the striker . He is considered one of the best Mexican players ever and was an idol of the masses in his day. As Mexico's first goalscorer at both the Olympic Games ( 1928 ) and a World Cup ( 1930 ), he went down twice in the annals of Mexican football history : in Amsterdam on May 30, 1928, he scored the only one in the 80th minute Goal in the 1: 7 against Spain and in Montevideo on July 13, 1930 in the 70th minute the only goal in the 1: 4 against France.
biography
Juan Carreño was born in Corrito, a neglected neighborhood of the Mexican capital. With the soccer sport he started at the Club Tigres ; a club that participated in the capital league between 1917 and 1920 . From there he moved to the company soccer team at the "La Sedanita" factory, which a short time later received the offer to work for Atlante.
So Carreño came to CF Atlante in 1927 to strengthen the team in a friendly against the Chilean club Colo-Colo . He played his first league game for Atlante against Necaxa (2-2) in the 1927/28 season. For most of his career he played for Atlante, later moving to CF Asturias, and died of appendicitis in 1940 at the age of 31 .
literature
- Juan Cid y Mulet: Libro de Oro del Fútbol Mexicano (Mexico City: B. Costa-Amic, 1961), p. 259
- Omar Carrillo: La Historia de las Copas del Mundo: Crónicas de la Selección Mexicana, El Tri en cada mundial. (Editorial Televisa edición, 2006)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carreño, Juan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | mexican soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mexico City , Mexico |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1940 |
| Place of death | Mexico City , Mexico |