Juan Ignacio Basaguren

Juan Ignacio Basaguren García ( born July 21, 1944) is a former Mexican football player who was used mostly in the midfield. After his playing career, he worked as a football commentator.

Biography

Association

Ignacio Basaguren is of Basque descent. He began his career with the Basque club Centro Vasco in the league Española de Fútbol de México, an amateur league of Mexico City and the surrounding area. From there, he made ​​the jump to the Mexican professional league, where he thought ( at least 1967-1973 ) for the CF Atlante was still resident in the capital played and developed into a true symbol of this association.

National

His debut in the Mexican national was Basaguren in a friendly match against Chile ( 3-1 ), which was held on 27 August 1968.

Height of his national team career was the participation in the discharged at home World Cup in 1970, when he was used in two preliminary round games. First, he came on in the 76th minute game against El Salvador, scoring after just seven minutes to hit the 4-0 final score, which Basaguren was the first substitute in a World Cup, which managed a goal. In the next round match against Belgium ( 1-0) he replaced striker Javier Valdivia in the 53rd minute. It was also his last international match.