Marcos Rivas
Marcos Rivas Barrales ( born November 25, 1947), also known by the nickname El Mugrosito ( the slob ) is a former Mexican football player who has (including the goalkeeper ) played in just six years on all sorts of positions and therefore also is referred to as El hombre 11. With this designation, which is considered the eleventh man to translate roughly, should be made clear that it was used on all eleven positions and has provided this is also demonstrated. His preferred position was in midfield.
Biography
Association
Rivas began his career in 1968 at his favorite club Atlante. Although said to have referred to it from a more lucrative offer of the city rivals América, he went to Atlante, because the decision had been a " labor of love " for him.
Within his six years at Atlante he came at all eleven positions are used. Including the goalkeeper: with a guest performance at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario against Universidad Nacional Club on March 25, 1973 Atlantes goalkeeper Rafael Puente had been sent off and because the Auswechselkontingent at this time was already exhausted, had a field player into the goal. The multi-talented Rivas took this burden voluntarily and even still held one came from Leonardo Cuéllar penalty. But even he could not prevent the final 0-2 defeat of his Atlantistas.
In 1974 he was sold to the University Club of Guadalajara, for whom he played a total of three years, and he finished in whose service his career in the season 1977/78. In between, he played one season (1976 /77) for the Club León.
National
His debut in the Mexican national was Rivas in the second half of the discharged on February 18, 1970 friendly match against Bulgaria, which was won 2-0 and to which he contributed a hit. Although he completed only six matches - two of them in full length and the remaining four on each half - time, three goals get him in the dress of the national team. He scored The other two matches on April 26, 1970 against Romania ( 3-2 ) and on April 29, 1970 against Ecuador (4-2 ). His last international game he played ( full length ) on September 20, 1973 against Chile (0-1).
Height of his national team career was the participation in the discharged in their own country FIFA World Cup 1970, in which he, however, was not used.
In the circle of his national team -mates, he also received the unflattering nickname el Mugrosito. While he just stayed with a few friends in the swimming pool of training camp, it started to rain and the water was cloudy. Rivas left the pool and Mario Pérez Guadarrama from league rivals América said jokingly to the remaining players: ". Now, look you, the dirt from Atlante to swimming in pools here " Since then, Marcos Rivas had that nickname.