Aarón Padilla (footballer, born 1942)
Appearance
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, Jalisco, Mexico | ||
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 (10 July 1942 – 14 June 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
[edit]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 14 June 2020, Padilla died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Muere Aarón Padilla, exdirectivo de los Pumas de la UNAM, a causa de Covid-19". Marca. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
External links
[edit]- Aarón Padilla at National-Football-Teams.com
- Aarón Padilla at WorldFootball.net
Categories:
- 1942 births
- Footballers from Mexico City
- Men's association football forwards
- Mexico men's 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
- Mexican men's footballers
- 2020 deaths
- Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico
- 20th-century Mexican sportsmen
- Mexican football forward stubs