Aarón Padilla (footballer, born 1942)
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez | ||
Date of birth | 10 July 1942 | ||
Place of birth | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
Date of death | 14 June 2020 | (aged 77)||
Place of death | Guadalajara | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1962–1972 | Pumas | ||
1972–1973 | Atlante | ||
1973–1974 | Veracruz | ||
1974–1975 | Pumas | ||
International career | |||
1965–1970 | Mexico | 55 | (8) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez (July 10, 1942 – June 14, 2020) was a Mexican football striker, who played for the Mexico national team between 1965 and 1970, gaining 55 caps and scoring 8 goals.
Biography
He was part of the Mexico squad for the 1966 and 1970 World Cups.
At club level, Padilla played for Pumas, Atlante, and Veracruz.
On June 14, 2020, Padilla died from COVID-19.[1]
References
- ^ "Muere Aarón Padilla, exdirectivo de los Pumas de la UNAM, a causa de Covid-19". Marca (newspaper). Retrieved May 15, 2020.
External links
- Aarón Padilla at National-Football-Teams.com
- Aarón Padilla at WorldFootball.net
Categories:
- 1942 births
- Footballers from Mexico City
- Association football forwards
- Mexico international footballers
- 1966 FIFA World Cup players
- 1970 FIFA World Cup players
- Club Universidad Nacional footballers
- Atlante F.C. footballers
- C.D. Veracruz footballers
- Liga MX players
- 2020 deaths
- Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico
- Mexican footballers
- Mexican football forward stubs