Mario Camposeco

Mario Camposeco
Personnel
Surname	Mario Salvador Camposeco López
birthday	August 6, 1921
place of birth	Quetzaltenango ,  Guatemala
date of death	June 17, 1951
Place of death	Quetzaltenango ,  Guatemala
position	striker
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1938 - ????	America de Quetzaltenango
???? - 1951	ADI Xelajú
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1943-1951	Guatemala
1 Only league games are given.

Mario Camposeco (born August 6, 1921 in Quetzaltenango , † June 17, 1951 in Quetzaltenango), also known by the nicknames El Caballero del Deporte and El Pelé de Guatemala, was a Guatemalan football player on the position of a striker .

Life

Camposeco began his career in 1938 with his hometown club América de Quetzaltenango and later moved to city rivals ADI Xelajú , whose team captain he became.

In 1943 Camposeco was called up for the first time in the national team when they took part in the CCCF championship and finished second behind hosts El Salvador. He also took part in the VI football tournament for his country. Central American and Caribbean Games , which were held in Guatemala City in 1950 .

Immediately after a game played on June 17, 1951 against the capital club CSD Comunicaciones , in which Camposeco had scored all three goals for the 3-0 victory of his team, he was in an airplane on the way to an international match. Just a few minutes after take-off, the aircraft lost a lot of altitude as a result of machine damage and finally crashed over the La Transfiguración district . Neither the pilot nor Camposeco survived the accident.

In memory of the player, his name was added to the club name of Club Xelajú in 1952 and the city's football stadium was named after him.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ El icono del futbol altense ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2012 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; on p. 30 of the 32-page PDF file) 
2. ↑ El Pele de Guatemala-Mario Camposeco (Spanish; accessed December 14, 2012)
3. ↑ Quetzaltenango en la historia ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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 December 14, 2012) 

Web links

• Biographical data on Mario Camposeco at deGUATE.com (Spanish; article from October 9, 2007)
• Historia de Xela: Mario Camposeco (Spanish; accessed December 13, 2012)