Manuel Cosas López

Manuel "Cosas" Lopez is a former Mexican football player at the position of a striker .

career

López was under contract with Club Deportivo Guadalajara in the early years of professional football in Mexico . On the first day of the opening season 1943/44 of the newly founded professional league "Cosas" López belonged to the victorious team from Guadalajara , which won 4-1 at CF Atlante on October 21, 1943 .

“Cosas” López went down in the club's history, among other things, because on June 6, 1943, in a cup match against city ​​rivals CF Atlas (1: 3), he was Club Deportivo Guadalajara's first goalscorer in professional football. In addition, on January 16, 1944, “Cosas” López was the scorer of the very first scoring goal of the CD Guadalajara in a Súper Clásico del Fútbol Mexicano against Club America when he scored in the second minute in the same stadium (Parque del Paradero) laid the foundation for the later 3-1 success.

"Cosas" López played for the CD Guadalajara until the 1946/47 season and before the introduction of professional football was a selection player of the Selección Jalisco , which played until 1943 in the Liga Mayor , which was officially still operated on an amateur basis . In the 1947/48 season he was under contract with CD Marte .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 70 años de profesionalismo (Spanish; article of October 16, 2013)
2. ↑ Joel González: Cayó el gol 400 de Chivas en copa ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish; article from January 15, 2014) 
3. ↑ Guillermo Gloria Fonseca: Chivas - América: Primer Partido en su Historia (Spanish; article of April 24, 2015)
4. ↑ The Mexican League at RSSSF (English)