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Rafael Amador

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Amador and the second or maternal family name is Flores.
Rafael Amador
Personal information
Full name Rafael Amador Flores
Date of birth (1959-11-16)16 November 1959
Place of birth Tlaxcala, Mexico
Date of death 31 July 2018(2018-07-31) (aged 58)
Place of death Puebla, Mexico
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1987 UNAM Pumas 205 (1)
1987–1988 Puebla 18 (0)
Total 223 (1)
International career
1983–1986 Mexico 30 (0)
Managerial career
1999–2000 Pumas UNAM
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rafael Amador Flores (16 November 1959 – 31 July 2018) was a Mexican professional football defender who played for Mexico in the 1986 FIFA World Cup.[1] He also played and managed Liga MX side Club Universidad Nacional.

After he retired from playing, Amador managed Pumas.[2] He died at age 58 from cancer.[3]

References

  1. ^ 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico
  2. ^ "Pumas tiene una fea costumbre" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 30 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Muere Rafael Amador, ex jugador de la selección de México de 1986" (in Spanish). dallasnews. 31 July 2018.


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