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Full name
  
Juan Tunas Bajeneta

Name
  
Juan Tunas

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Place of birth
  
Role
  
Footballer

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Date of birth
  
(1917-07-17)17 July 1917

Date of death
  
4 April 2011(2011-04-04) (aged 93)

Died
  
April 4, 2011, Mexico City, Mexico

Place of death
  
Mexico City, Mexico

Juan tun as el romperredes cubano


Juan Tuñas Bajeneta, nicknamed "Romperredes" (17 July 1917 – 4 April 2011) was a Cuban footballer. He played for the Cuban clubs Juventud Asturiana and Centro Gallego, and was the oldest surviving member of the Cuba national football team that played at the 1938 FIFA World Cup in France, scoring a goal against Romania (according to the official FIFA match report [1]).

After helping lead Cuba to the quarterfinals in their only World Cup appearance, he moved to Mexico and played for Real Club España, winning two Liga Mayor (Mexico First Division) championships there, in 1942 and 1945. His nickname Romperredes means "net-breaker", after his powerful shots on goal. In 2005, he received the Gloria del Deporte Cubano Award in Havana. Since his retirement he resided in Mexico City and was the last surviving member of Cuba's squad from the 1938 World Cup.

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