Alfonso Montemayor

Alfonso Montemayor (* April 28, 1922, † November 23, 2012 ), also known by the nickname El Capi ( The Boss ), was a Mexican football player on the position of full-back.

Biography

Association

Montemayor played the first ten years of membership of the Club León for La Liga for this club, with whom he. Three league titles in 1948, 1949 and 1952, won Because his performance at age 32 may no longer fully the requirements of the first division corresponded, but he also did not want to completely retire from his active career as a footballer, he went for the 1954/55 season to the second division of San Sebastián, which is also in the city of León was located and with him at the end of the season ( and thus his career end) of the promotion to the Primera División succeeded.

With a smile he remembers his last season in San Sebastián: "It was strange, suddenly playing in front of so few viewers, after I had always played before packed houses. "

National

His debut in the Mexican national was Montemayor on July 13, 1947 in a match against arch-rivals USA, which was won 5-0. His last international match, he completed on April 20, 1952 at 0:3 against Peru.

In between, he belonged to the Mexican World Cup squad in 1950 and came in the 0-4 defeat against hosts Brazil used.