Mario Placencia Pérez

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Mario Placencia Pérez ( February 19, 1927 , † ~ 1985 ), also known by the nickname El Flaco (the thin), was a Mexican football player in the position of the striker .

biography

society

El Flaco Pérez began his professional career in 1947 at Club Marte and became Mexican champions with this club in the 1953/54 season. After this success, the master team of the "Martians" fell apart due to financial problems and Pérez switched to the CD Zacatepec , with which he won the championship again in 1954/55.

With a total of 135 goals scored, Mario Placencia Pérez is considered one of the best scorer in the history of the Mexican Primera División .

After his active career, Pérez worked temporarily as a trainer and, among other things, trained the UNAM Pumas in 1966 .

National team

His debut in the Mexican national team was El Flaco Pérez on September 25, 1949 in a World Cup qualifier against Cuba, which was won 3-0. Pérez was also nominated for the Mexican World Cup squad and played the preliminary round matches against hosts Brazil (0: 4) and Yugoslavia (1: 4) at the Soccer World Cup in 1950 .

successes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ rayados.com: La historia jamás contada del Campeonato del 86 (March 1, 2018) , accessed on April 4, 2019
  2. ↑ Juan Cid y Mulet: Libro de Oro del Fútbol Mexicano , Tomo II, B. Costa-Amic, Mexico City, 1961, p. 278
  3. ↑ Top scorers in the history of Mexican football
  4. ↑ Trainer of the UNAM Pumas at corazonpuma.com ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2009 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / corazonpuma.com
personal data
SURNAME Pérez, Mario Placencia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION mexican soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1927
DATE OF DEATH around 1985