Manuel Negrete Arias
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Manuel "Manolo" Negrete Arias (born March 11, 1959 in Altamirano, Guerrero) is Mexican coach and former football midfielder, who became famous for scoring one of the most spectacular goals of the 1986 World Cup.
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[edit] Club career
Negrete became a professional football player in 1980 with Club Universidad Nacional of Mexico, also known as Pumas. His style of play gave him instant recognition among Mexican soccer fans, with Negrete becoming a household name quickly. After the 1986 World Cup, Negrete continued playing in the Mexican Football League, and then reached the European soccer leagues by joining Sporting Lisbon in Portugal and then moving to Sporting de Gijón in Spain.
[edit] National team
Determined to post a much better result at the 1986 FIFA World Cup, for which Mexico automatically qualified because it was the event's host country, the Mexican Association Football Federation chose a very exclusive group of players to represent their country, including Negrete as a member of the national team.
In the 1986 World Cup finals, Negrete participated in five games and scored one goal in eightfinals against Bulgaria in the 35th minute, the first of a 2-0 win. The goal has been described as one of the most spectacular in World Cup history by many football fans and journalists. Negrete received a high ball outside the penalty area, controlled it, let the ball bounce once on the ground and combined with Javier Aguirre; the latter returned the ball on the first touch, while keeping it on the air, and Negrete shot it on a scissor kick into the bottom left corner of goalkeeper Borislav Mikhailov. Mexico repeated their best result at a World Cup during that tournament, reaching the quarterfinals for the second time (a feat they accomplished first at the 1970 World Cup, also hosted by Mexico).
[edit] Post-playing career
Negrete has led a quieter life in Mexico since he retired from playing. He currently works as technical director (coach) of the club team Atlante.
[edit] External links
- Fussballdaten.de's take on Negrete, in German
- Video of Negrete's goal against Bulgaria in 1986 - www.kenaston.org
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Mexico squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists | |
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1 Larios | 2 Trejo | 3 Quirarte | 4 Manzo | 5 Francisco Cruz | 6 de los Cobos | 7 España | 8 Domínguez | 9 Sánchez | 10 Boy | 11 Hermosillo | 12 Rodríguez | 13 Aguirre | 14 Felix Cruz | 15 Flores | 16 Muñoz | 17 Servín | 18 Amador | 19 Hernández | 20 Heredia | 21 Ortega | 22 Negrete | Coach: Milutinović |
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