Jaime Belmonte

Jaime Belmonte Magdaleno (8 October 1934 – 21 January 2009), was a Mexican professional footballer, known as El Flaco (The Slim Man), He was also called El héroe de Solna (The hero of Solna), in reference to his goal scored vs Wales in the city of Solna during the 1958 World Cup earning Mexico's first point in a world cup.

[1] Born in Mexico City, Belmonte began playing professional football with Deportivo Cuautla.

[3] Belmonte played for the Mexico national football team at the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden.

[4] In 2012, Belmonte received a statue in his honour, outside Irapuato FC's stadium Estadio Sergio León Chávez.

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