Raul Varela
Raul Varela is a former Mexican football player at the position of a full-back .
Life
Varela has played since Club León joined the 1944/45 season in the Mexican professional league introduced a year earlier with the Esmeraldas , with whom he won the Mexican championship three times between 1948 and 1952.
Varela made his first international appearance on September 25, 1949 in the decisive World Cup qualifier against Cuba (3-0). While he was used in this encounter in midfield, he acted in his next three international matches, which the Mexican national team completed as part of their participation in the Pan American Football Championship , which was held for the first time in Chile in 1952 , in the defense. In general, in all five games of the Mexicans at this tournament, the complete defense of "El Tri" (goalkeeper and defense) was formed exclusively by players from Club León.
successes
- Mexican champion : 1948, 1949, 1952
- Cup winner : 1949
- Supercup : 1948, 1949
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carlos Calderón: Battaglia: El león de las canchas ( Memento of the original of February 21, 2015 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; article of November 12, 2011)
- ↑ Mexico - International Results Details 1940-1959 (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Varela, Raúl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | mexican soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mexico |