Jaime Belmonte

Jaime Belmonte Magdaleno ( born October 8, 1934 in Mexico City; † January 21, 2009 in Irapuato, Guanajuato ), also known by the nickname El Flaco ( the thin one ) and El héroe de Solna (the hero of Solna ), was a Mexican football player. Although there was its common position in defense, he also proved offensive qualities again and again and scored two important goals for the Mexican national soccer team.

Jaime Belmonte died in January 2009 of complications from stomach cancer. His remains are in the cemetery Gayoso in Irapuato.

Biography

Association

El Flaco Belmonte began his professional career in 1955 when just in the Primera División Ascended CD Cuautla. After his descent into the Segunda División four years later he moved to CD Irapuato, in which he remained until his retirement in the 1971/72 season. In the same season Irapuato increased after 18 years as part of the Primera División in the second division, so that Belmonte had to experience two downs in his career. In his 17 -year professional career, he completed a total of 428 games in the Mexican Primera División.

National

His debut in the Mexican national was Belmonte on October 20, 1957 in a game against Costa Rica ( 2-0), which was held as part of the qualification for the World Cup 1958. How important was his participation, underscores his goal for a 1-0 lead in the 77th minute, which was the basis for the World Cup qualifiers Mexico. In the 1958 World Cup, he denied the preliminary round games against Wales (1:1 ) and Hungary ( 0:4 ) and once again underlined the value of his Mitwirkens: in the game against Wales equalized him so that Mexico is in his tenth overall succeeded immediately before the final whistle, World Cup game remained unbeaten for the first time. Since then, the gaunt el Flaco got another nickname, el héroe de Solna: that in the history of Mexican football so important goal he succeeded in Set in the Stockholm suburb of Solna Råsundastadion.