Juan Tuñas
Template:Short description Template:Infobox football biography Template:Family name hatnote Juan Tuñas Bajeneta or Romperredes (17 July 1917 – 4 April 2011) was a Cuban footballer.[1]
Club career
He played for the Cuban clubs Juventud Asturiana and Centro Gallego. After helping lead Cuba to the quarterfinals in their only World Cup appearance, he moved to Mexico and played for Real Club España, winning two Liga Mayor (Mexico First Division) championships there, in 1942 and 1945.
International career
Tuñas was a member of the Cuba national football team that played at the 1938 FIFA World Cup in France, winning the game to Romania (according to the official FIFA match report [1]).[2]
Personal life
His nickname Romperredes means "net-breaker", after his powerful shots on goal with him once shooting a hole in a goalnet. In 2005, he received the Gloria del Deporte Cubano Award in Havana. After his retirement he resided in Mexico City and was the last surviving member of Cuba's squad from the 1938 World Cup.[3] He died in April 2011.[4]
References
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- ↑ Un cubano, el ex mundialista más longevo de la CONCACAF - Cuba Debate Template:In lang
- ↑ Falleció Juan Tuñas Bajeneta, el “Romperredes” - Cibercuba Template:In lang
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- 1917 births
- 2011 deaths
- Footballers from Havana
- Men's association football forwards
- Cuban men's footballers
- Cuba men's international footballers
- 1938 FIFA World Cup players
- Real Club España footballers
- Liga MX players
- Cuban expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Cuban emigrants to Mexico
- 20th-century Cuban sportsmen