Gabriel López Zapiain (22 April 1943 – 18 August 2018) was a Mexican

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a defender.

Career

Born in

Irapuato Irapuato is a Mexican city and municipalities of Mexico, municipality located at the foot of the Arandas Hill (in Spanish Language, Spanish: ''Cerro de Arandas''), in the central region of the Mexican state, state of Guanajuato. It lies between the ...

, López Zapiain played for

and

Guadalajara Guadalajara ( ; ) is the capital and the most populous city in the western Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco, as well as the most densely populated municipality in Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population ...

. He earned one international cap for

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

in 1971. He later worked for Guadalajara as a coach and scout.

References

1943 births 2018 deaths Mexican men's footballers Mexico men's international footballers C.D. Irapuato footballers C.D. Guadalajara footballers Liga MX players Sportspeople from Irapuato Footballers from Guanajuato Men's association football defenders 20th-century Mexican sportsmen {{Mexico-footy-defender-1940s-stub