Antonio Carbajal

Antonio Felix Carbajal Rodríguez ( born June 7, 1929 in Mexico City) is a former Mexican football player. His nickname was " La Tota ". The goalkeeper Carbajal was the first player, who participated in five World Cups, and is, together with Lothar Matthäus record player with the most appearances at World Cups.

Career

Clubs

At eight, he started to play football in the youth of Real Oviedo, a club from Mexico City. He went through in the next few years all youth classes and demonstrated a great talent for the game keeper. He was allowed for the first time represented with 16 years at the then second division Oviedo the goalkeeper of the seniors team. He traveled as a substitute goalkeeper with the Mexican amateur football selection in 1948 for the Olympic Games to London. When he returned from Europe, he moved to professional club Real Club España. First, he had to settle for the reserve role. But already on 3 October 1948, he made ​​his debut in the Primera División. España won 3-2 goals against local rivals Atlante. In 1949, the bounce, and equipped with good reflexes junior goalkeeper already counted for extended circle of the national team, in which he actually debuted at the 1950 World Cup in Brazil.

Before the World Cup tournament in Brazil, he moved to Club León. There he was a legend. He won with Leon in 1952 and 1956, the Mexican Championship and 1958 and 1966 the trophy. Overall, he completed 409 league games. After his fifth World Cup appearance in England in 1966, he ended his playing career. The strong jump and start safe keeper with the dark mustache and the elegant quiff is one of the most revered footballers of Mexico. He is an honorary citizen of his home city of León. There is emblazoned on the stadium La Martinique, a plaque with the name of " El Eterno " the immortals. Carbajal, the man with the completely atypical for a Latino bear resting, until now venerated in Mexico and got because he was so long the Mexican football personified the honorary name of " El Eterno ", the Eternal awarded.

National Team, 1950-1966

His first World Cup appearance was at the Football World Cup 1950 in Brazil. Coach Octavio Vial lay directly before the World Cup on the appointed yet without official international game Carbajal fixed and so debuted " Tota " at the opening match of the World Cup on 24 June 1950 in Rio de Janeiro at the Maracana stadium before 82,000 spectators against the World Cup hosts. In the 0:4 defeat, he was one of the better of his team and therefore came in the other group matches against Yugoslavia (1:4 ) and Switzerland (1:2 ) are used. Through his performances at the World Cup, he had secured the number one in the national team.

In his fourth world championship is in Chile in 1962, he experienced just with his 33rd birthday on June 7 at the Estadio Sausalito in Vina del Mar, by a 3-1 success in the third group match against the eventual runners Czechoslovakia the first World Cup victory of a Mexican national. From the year 1965 he lost his place in the national team to Ignacio Calderón. Therefore, the 37 -year-old traveled to the 1966 World Cup to England as a substitute. In the final group game against Uruguay on July 19, 1966 he came but still in his fifth World Cup participation actively used. He was a 0-0 draw keep his goal clean.

The number of his matches will be listed differently. Horn leads him in his " Dictionary of international football stars " just like Bausenwein in his book on "The Last Men" with 86 international matches on in the book further evaluated on "The legendary World Cup goalkeeper " by BF Hoffmann, however, be given 48 official international games. The official website of the Mexican Football Federation gives its number of matches also with 48 to where it names 46 missions and twice the reservists being on the bench at the 1966 World Cup. Carbajal was the " century - keeper North and Central America " is selected.

The players of FC Leon played eleven games at the following World Cup tournaments:

  • Football World Cup 1950 in Brazil
  • Football World Cup 1954 in Switzerland
  • Football World Cup 1958 in Sweden
  • Football World Cup 1962 in Chile
  • Football World Cup 1966 in England

Coach

From 1969 to 1995, Carbajal worked after his playing career as a club coach. With his hometown club Leon, he won the 1971 and 1972 National Cup. His coach stations included the commitment to Unión de Curtidores and Atletico Morelia.

Besides football

He operated a successful glass and porcelain trade as a businessman. The nine -time father also took care of charitable projects. He supported an initiative that young drug addicts should enable an exit through football.

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