Vicente Pereda

Vicente Pereda ( born July 18, 1941 in Toluca, Edo. De México ), also known by the nickname El Diablo Mayor, is a former Mexican football player at the position of the striker.

  • 2.1 club
  • 2.2 Personal

Life

Association

Pereda began his career in the 1960/61 season with his hometown club CD Toluca, where he lasting throughout his 15 years, professional career was under contract and with whom he the first three championships in club history for the seasons 1966/67, 1967 / 68 and 1974/75 won. In addition, Pereda was División with 20 goals in the season 1969/70 top scorer of the Mexican Primera. These successes made ​​him the supposed best devil, to "El Diablo Mayor " as his nickname is.

National

His debut in the dress of the Mexican national was Pereda on 28 March at the 1963 8-0 win against Jamaica, to which he immediately contributed a goal. After that, he was only in 1967 recalled to the national team, this year came five times to insert and scored a goal. 1968 was his most successful year international game with eight inserts and four gates. After he was allowed to complete in 1969 a further six missions in which he managed not to score, he graduated in 1970, only a game. The 0-1 defeat against Sweden on March 1, 1970 was also his farewell to the national team.

In 1968 he took part in Mexico with the amateur team in the Olympic football tournament. He scored three goals, making it along with Héctor Pulido ( who in 1968 also scored 3 goals ) and Víctor Rangel, which this 1976 succeeded Mexican scorer in the Olympics. The team played in the match for bronze, which was lost with 0-2 against Japan in front of a record crowd of 105,000 spectators.

Achievements

Association

  • Mexican champions: 1966 /67 1967/68, 1974/75
  • Mexican Super Cup: 1967, 1968

Personally

  • Scorer in the Primera División: 1969/70
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