Magdaleno Mercado

Magdaleno Diego Mercado Gutiérrez ( born April 4, 1944 in La Experiencia, Jalisco ) is a former Mexican football player who emerged from the youth department of the CD Imperio and stood as a professional football player for CF Atlas under contract. From 1991, he acted for his former club Atlas for more than ten years as a talent scout.

His debut in the Mexican national team had Mercado in an eight- minute appearance against Chile (1-0 ) on May 11, 1966, his first international full length against the same opponent ( also 1-0) on 29 May 1966.

Mercado also belonged to the Mexican World Cup squad at the 1966 World Cup, where he played the preliminary matches against France (1-1) and Uruguay ( 0-0).