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Role
  
Footballer

Name
  
Jaime Belmonte


Place of death
  
Irapuato, Mexico

Position
  
Midfielder

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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

Place of birth
  
Mexico City, Mexico

Playing position
  
Midfielder, Winger

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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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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 .

References

Jaime Belmonte Wikipedia