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Carlos Antonio Bernardo Garcés López (25 December 1900 – 21 September 1980) was a Mexican sprinter,
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, and
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. Garcés is recognized as one of the founding members of
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as well as one of the first players to officially represent the
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. Garcés is also credited as the founder of the football club
Cruz Azul Club de Futbol Cruz Azul S.A. de C.V., commonly referred to as Cruz Azul, is a professional association football, football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. It competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football league system, Mexican footba ...
. During his employment at Cemento Cruz Azul in the late 1920s, Garcés personally lobbied for the establishment of a company football team of which he also managed. Ironically the club would become fierce rivals with America decades later. Garcés is also credited for the creation of the siquitibum chant. As an Olympian, Garcés competed in the men's 200 metres at the
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. He also competed in the men's football tournament at the
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.


Club career


America

Carlos Garcés was one of the founding members of
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in 1916. From its inception until 1928, he played as a midfielder for the club winning multiple titles in the
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.


Cruz Azul

As football in Mexico was not a lucrative occupation, Garcés López, a licensed
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, found employment at the cement company Cemento Cruz Azul located in the small town of Jasso, Hidalgo providing dental care to its employees. He would travel regularly to
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from Jasso to train and play for America. In 1925, Cemento Cruz Azul had voted to establish a company
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team as the sport was popular in the town of Jasso. Garcés López, however, personally lobbied for many months to change the official company sport to
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. Initially receiving resistance from American employees, Garcés López eventually convinced the company directors to hold a referendum in which the workers would vote on the company team's main sport. On 22 March 1927, the vote was held where it was decided the company team's sport was to change from baseball to football. Cemento Cruz Azul installed a football pitch on the company's premises in place of the baseball field and the football team was officially established on two months later on 22 May where Garcés López was appointed head coach of the newly founded team.


International career

Garcés López formed part of the first Mexico national team in 1923. Garcés López played in Mexico's first series of official international matches against Guatemala. Mexico did not form another national team until the
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where Garcés López was once again called up. Garcés López played against
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and
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where Mexico lost both matches 7–1 and 3–1 respectively.


Later career

From 1937 to 1942 Garcés López was president of the
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.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Garces, Carlos 1900 births 1980 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics Mexican male sprinters Olympic athletes for Mexico Mexican men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Mexico men's international footballers Cruz Azul footballers Olympic footballers for Mexico Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing 20th-century Mexican sportsmen