Ignacio Calderón

Ignacio Calderón ( born December 13, 1943 in Guadalajara, Jalisco ) is a Mexican former football goalkeeper, who played from 1962 to 1975 for Chivas Guadalajara and part of the legendary team was the 1957-1965 Mexican champion seven times in nine years and the nickname " Campeonísimo " received. In addition, he played from 1975 to 1980 for the team, also based in Guadalajara University Universidad de Guadalajara, before he trailed off at Club Atlas his active career in 1980. He was also known under the nickname " el Cuate " ( the twin ) and " Nacho ," the Mexican pet form of the name Ignacio, he usually also used in his autographs ( see picture).

Life

Association

Ignacio Calderón filled the immense gap that threatened to leave his two great predecessors soon - Jaime Gómez in the club and Antonio Carbajal in the national team - with such panache that no one had these legends of the Mexican football shed a tear. Rather, developed " el Cuate " - his nickname, which connects to his also standing at Chivas under contract and there in the middle acting twin brother Carlos Calderón - due to its positive charisma early on such a fascination for the masses that he himself soon became the irreplaceable acting idol.

First and foremost was " Nacho " said another nickname this great Mexican goalkeeper because of his good looks as "the Rudolph Valentino of Mexican football and a favorite with the ladies ." In addition to its excellent performance and its leader Calderón fell on mainly by his charisma and his all-white kits and his long sideburns; In addition, he was known in his homeland as a hero of image novels.

Calderón is often accused of having laid the foundation for the soon explosively rising player salaries in Mexico. 1975 - " Nacho " was with a monthly salary of 18,000 pesos already the highest paid player of his team - he demanded a raise to 33,000. As its president refused him this, he moved to city rivals Club Universidad de Guadalajara, at the university, he had completed his studies of dentistry in the 1960s. In the four seasons from 1975/76 bis 1978/79 the Leones Negros always succeeded better placement than his old club, the University kicker even were washed twice in the first two seasons ( 1975/76 and 1976 /77) consecutive runner-up. In retrospect, Calderón called these five years as the best time of his career as a professional football player. He is currently a member of the Technical Committee at the Leones Negros.

National

Ignacio Calderón denied 1965-1974 a total of 60 matches, more than any other Mexican weakly before him. His debut in the dress of the Mexican national team, he announced on March 28, 1965 against El Salvador ( 2-0), his resignation on September 8, 1974 in Dallas, Texas against the choice of the United States (1-0 ).

" El Cuate " was nominated for both the 1966 World Cup and for the 1970 World Cup and played a total of six out of seven possible World Cup games. Only in the last World Cup game of Mexicans in England in 1966 against the team of Uruguay ( 0-0) he had to - from " farewell political reasons " - the legendary goalkeeper Antonio " Tota " Carbajal to defer. In 1970 discharged in their own country World Cup could " Nacho " complete all games and even remained of all goalkeepers in this World Cup from the start, the longest without conceding a goal: the complete first round and the first 24 minutes in the quarterfinals, thus making a total of 294 minutes. But even he could not ultimately prevent the Mexico once more prevented it to move into a semi-final of a World Cup high 1:4 defeat against Italy.

Calderón would have been at the World Cup 1974 in Germany in the gate, if the Mexicans would have qualified for. But they failed, surprisingly, so that their place was allowed to travel to select from Haiti to Germany. Although Haitians lost all three games and scored a little gratifying goal balance of 2:14, they made - or rather their best player Emmanuel Sanon - for a big surprise: after Italy's legendary goalkeeper Dino Zoff total of 12 matches and 19 hours and 3 minutes without had remained clean sheet, made ​​just Sanon that Zoff had to get out of the goal net the ball again.

Achievements

• Mexican champions (3): 1964, 1965, 1970
• Mexican Supercup (3): 1964, 1965, 1970
• Cup Winners of Mexico (1): 1970