Raul Monroy

Raúl Monroy is a former Mexican soccer player who mainly played in defense or defensive midfield .

career

Monroy came to the junior division of Club Deportivo Guadalajara in 1965 and received a professional contract with the same club in 1968/69 .

The most successful season of his short career as a professional footballer was the 1969/70 season, in which he won both the Mexican football championship and the cup competition and (because of this one-two inevitably also) the Supercup .

Monroy was not a regular regular for the championship team in the 1969/70 season , but played the cup final against CF Torreón , which was held before the league round on May 31, 1969 , which was won 3-2 at home in Estadio Jalisco and after which it was also won in the first leg The team from Guadalajara won the 2-1 victory in the Cup.

Monroy played for the CD Guadalajara until 1973 and then moved to Unión de Curtidores in the second division . However, he only played there for a few months and ended his active career that same year.

Trivia

In addition to the successes he achieved with Chivas in the 1969/70 season, he still remembers one special event from 1970. Because after a private game agreed between the CD Guadalajara and the Brazilian FC Santos , Monroy swapped the jersey with Pelé .

successes

• Mexican champion: 1970
• Mexican cup winner: 1970
• Mexican Supercup: 1970

Web links

• Entrevista con Raul Monroy, campeón en la 69-70 (Spanish; article from January 16, 2012)