Arturo "Gonini" Vázquez Ayala (born 26 June 1949) is a Mexican former professional
footballer
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.
Career
Vázquez had an 18-year club football career, playing as a defender for
UNAM
The National Autonomous University of Mexico (, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City, and many others in various locations across Mexico, as well as a presence in nine countries. It also has 34 ...
,
C.D. Guadalajara and
Atlante F.C.
Atlante Fútbol Club, is a Mexican professional football club based in Mexico City, that competes in Liga de Expansión MX, the second level division of Mexican football.
Founded in 1916 as Sinaloa, also later named as Lusitania, then as U-53 ...
He won the Primera five times.
Vázquez made several appearances for the
Mexico national team, and captained the side in the
1978 FIFA World Cup
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finals in
Argentina
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. He scored a goal, but the team failed to advance from the group stage.
Vázquez was nicknamed "Gonini" after a Renault model popular at the time.
References
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Pumas UNAM Ciudad de Mexico
1949 births
Living people
Footballers from Mexico City
Mexico men's international footballers
1978 FIFA World Cup players
Club Universidad Nacional footballers
C.D. Guadalajara footballers
Atlante F.C. footballers
Liga MX players
CONCACAF Championship–winning players
Mexican men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
20th-century Mexican sportsmen
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