Horacio Casarín Garcilazo (May 25, 1918 - April 10, 2005) was a Mexican football player and coach who established himself as one of his country's most popular sports figures in the 1940's and 50's. Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered A symbol for CF Atlante, the team Casarín served for the majority of his career, the skilled forward also played for Necaxa, Leon, Asturias, Club América, Real España, CF Monterrey and Zacatepec in his country, as well as FC Barcelona in Spain and the Mexican national football team. Atlante Futbol Club, also known as Atlante, is a Mexican professional football club, currently playing at the Mexican First Division League. Other uses Río Necaxa, a river in the states of Puebla and Veracruz Club León, (simply known as León) is a professional football based in the city of Leon, Guanajuato. Club América, most commonly known as just América, is a professional Mexican football club playing in the Primera División. The Monterrey Football Club (in Spanish: Club de Futbol Monterrey) is a Mexican football club from Monterrey, Fútbol Club Barcelona ( Catalan fudˈbɔɫ ˌklup bəɾsəˈlonə Spanish ˈfutβol ˌkluβ baɾθeˈlona known familiarly as Barça (Spanish ˈbaɾsa Catalan Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The Mexican national football team is controlled by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol and represents Mexico in international football competition
Career history
At the age of 17, Casarín debuted for Necaxa. Over the course of his career in Mexico, Casarín scored 236 goals at the amateur and professional levels (the Mexican League was founded in the early 1940's) and represented his country at the 1950 FIFA World Cup held in Brazil and scored a goal during the course of the tournament. The 1950 FIFA World Cup, held in Brazil from June 24 to July 16, was the fourth staging of the World Cup and the first staged in 12 years due to World |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld A famous story involving Casarín takes place during a 1939 game between Casarin's Necaxa, and Asturias. After scoring a goal in the first few minutes of the game, defenders sought out Casarín and fouled him mercilessly, until the goalscorer was forced to abandon the pitch after only twenty minutes had gone by. The game ended in a 2-2 draw, but outraged Necaxa fans expressed their ire by burning Asturia's wooden stadium.
With Atlante, Casarín scored 95 goals and helped the Potros win the 1946-47 season championship, while cementing his popularity by acting in the football-themed movie, "The sons of Don Venacio". Word of Casarín's role in the film spread, and the movie became a box-office success in Mexico. Casarín played his last game as a professional on November 18, 1956, scoring a goal for CF Monterrey.
As a coach, Casarín's biggest achievement was coaching the Mexican U-20 national football team to a second place finish during the very first FIFA U-20 World Cup, held in Tunisia in 1977. The FIFA U-20 World Cup, until 2005 known as the FIFA World Youth Championship, is the world championship of Association football for male players under the age of Tunisia (تونس Tūnis officially the Tunisian Republic ( is a country located in North Africa. Casarín's squad lost the final game 9-8 in penalty kicks against the USSR. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 He also coached Atlante and UAG Tecos
Casarín's failing health finally gave out on April 10, 2005, only a few months after his wife, Maria Elena King, had died. He died of complications arising from Alzheimer's disease.
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