Role Footballer Name Jaime Belmonte | ||
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Full name Jaime Belmonte Magdaleno Date of birth (1934-10-08)8 October 1934 Date of death 21 January 2009(2009-01-21) (aged 74) Died January 21, 2009, Irapuato, Mexico | ||
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Jaime Belmonte Magdaleno (8 October 1934 – 21 January 2009), was a Mexican footballer, known as El Flaco (The Slim Man), He was also called El héroe de Solna (The hero of Solna), in reference to his goal scored vs Wales in the city of Solna during the 1958 World Cup earning Mexico's first point in a world cup.
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- Q e p d gran leyenda fresera don jaime belmonte
- La verdadera historia de arroceros cuautla jaime belmonte
- Career
- International
- Personal
- References
La verdadera historia de arroceros cuautla jaime belmonte
Career
Born in Mexico City, Belmonte began playing professional football with Deportivo Cuautla. He made 89 appearances for the club from 1955 to 1959. In 1959, he joined Deportivo Irapuato. In 13 seasons with Irapuato, Belmonte scored 125 goals.
International
Belmonte played for the Mexico national football team at the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden. He scored the goal in a 1–1 draw with Wales in Solna, earning Mexico its first point at the World Cup hence earning the nickname the hero of Solna.
Personal
Belmonte died from cancer at age 74.
In 2012 Belmonte received a statue in his honor outside Irapuato's stadium Estadio Sergio León Chávez .