Mario Salvador Camposeco López (6 August 1921 – 17 June 1951) Source: was a Guatemalan professional

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Born in

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, he started his football career in 1938 playing for the local team ''América''. He then joined club Xelajú becoming its

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and helping the team become champion of the Quetzaltenango department for 10 consecutive seasons (1940–1950). In 1942 he was called as a reinforcement for

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by coach Manuel Felipe Carrera to play against Atlante F.C. of Mexico, and in 1943 he was first capped with the Guatemala national team. On 10 March 1946, during the III Central American Football Championship, he scored against

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in a 4–1 win in San José. In 1948 he was part of a Municipal squad that won a friendly tournament in commemoration of the Cuban Independence in

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He later participated in the VI Central American and Caribbean Games in 1950. At the time he became the second best scorer ever for Guatemala behind his national teammate Carlos Toledo, with 23 goals, what remains the 4th highest total of all time. Source: In June 1951, after a friendly match in Quetzaltenango, he was invited by a friend to go aboard an

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and fly over the city; there was a mechanic failure and the plane crashed, killing both the pilot and Camposeco. Following the death of the footballer, Quetzaltenango club Xelajú changed its name to "Xelajú M.C." in his honor. The team's stadium was also renamed to

Estadio Mario Camposeco The Estadio Mario Camposeco is a football stadium located in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. It is the home to Liga Nacional club Xelajú (''Los Chivos''). It has a capacity of 11,220. Location The Mario Camposeco stadium is located at 14th Avenue ...

after him.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Camposeco, Mario 1921 births People from Quetzaltenango C.S.D. Xelajú MC players Guatemalan men's footballers Guatemala men's international footballers Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Guatemala 1951 deaths Men's association football forwards C.S.D. Municipal players Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1951 20th-century Guatemalan sportsmen