Antonio Carbajal, the Mexican footballer who holds the record that Lionel Messi can beat, has died

This Tuesday, The football world is in mourning as another legend of the sport has passed away. Antonio Carbajal, former goalkeeper of the Mexican national team, achieved a historic record that will be remembered forever: He was the first footballer to play five World Cup. It was in Brazil 1950, Switzerland 1954, Sweden 1958, Chile 1962 and England 1966.

La Tota was 93 years old and He was in the hospital in Leóna city in the central state of Guanajuato, due to problems with blood pressure. Now rest in peace, along with other historic footballers.

His career in sports

carbajal He made his football debut for Real España in 1948. In 1950 he signed for León, with whom he finished his professional career in 1966. Once he retired as a goalkeeper, he began his coaching career at León, a club where he not only worked for years, but also chose it as the city to live in for most of his life.

Just with León, La Tota won two championships. In addition to the World Cup which he played in 1948, the year of his professional debut, participated in the London Olympics as a substitute goalkeeper.

A World Cup icon

In reviewing footballers who have set historic records at the World Cup, Don’t forget Mexican Antonio Carbajal. The goalkeeper has been present in five consecutive World Cups and marked a before and after in the books.

Something unthinkable at the time. Although he never got past the group stage with Mexico, the goalkeeper had the opportunity to defend Arc del Tri in eleven games.

He was the only player to achieve this until France 1998, when Lothar Matthaus reached his fifth World Cup (from 1982 to 1998). Later, the Italian Gianluigi Buffon arrived in the five World Cup races (from 1998 to 2014, even if he didn’t add minutes in the first), the Mexican Raphael Marquez also (from 2002 to 2018).

In Qatar 2022 both Lionel Messi AS Cristiano Ronaldo they got the same thing (both from 2006 to 2022). Finally, two others who reached it were the Mexicans Andrés Guardado and Guillermo Ochoawhich in the last World Cup reached five editions.