Pachuco López
Pachuco López , whose real name is Manuel López , is a retired Mexican soccer player who played in midfield .
Life
Pachuco López grew up in El Salto , Jalisco , and began organized football at the local Club Atlante , which for many years acted as a talent factory for clubs such as Atlas and Chivas based in the neighboring city of Guadalajara .
However, Pachuco ended up in León , Guanajuato , where he first played for Unión de Curtidores , but after a short time in 1956 he joined Club León , which in recent years had what was probably the best club team in the Mexican league at the time , which was just theirs had won fourth league title within eight years.
Although Pachuco López played for the Esmeraldas for more than ten years , he was not granted a championship title, as it was only enough for runner-up in the 1972/73 and 1974/75 seasons. For this he won three cup competitions with León and twice the Supercup and was included in the “best team in the club's history” by the Mexican sports magazine Récord .
title
- Mexican Cup Winner: 1967, 1971, 1972
- Mexican Supercup: 1971, 1972
Individual evidence
- ↑ Récord: Te presentamos el 11 ideal histórico del León (Spanish; article from September 1, 2012)
Web links
- Francisco Sánchez (El Sol de León): Del diamante a la cancha - 'El Pachuco' López, historia viviente del León (Spanish; article from September 25, 2014)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | López, Pachuco |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | López, Manuel (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | mexican soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | between 1930 and 1939 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mexico |