Arturo "Gonini" Vázquez Ayala (born 26 June 1949) is a Mexican former professional

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 ...

Career

Vázquez had an 18-year club football career, playing as a defender for

UNAM The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigges ...

C.D. Guadalajara Club Deportivo Guadalajara (); often simply known as Guadalajara () and their nickname ''Chivas'' (), is a Mexican professional football club based in Zapopan, Jalisco. Guadalajara is one of the ten founding members of the Mexican First Divi ...

and

Atlante F.C. Atlante Fútbol Club, is a professional football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. Founded in 1916, Atlante were original members of the Mexican Primera División when it began in 1943. Atlante has won three national league championships, t ...

He won the Primera five times. Vázquez made several appearances for the

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, and captained the side in the

1978 FIFA World Cup The 1978 FIFA World Cup was the 11th edition of the FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football world championship tournament among the men's senior national teams. It was held in Argentina between 1 and 25 June. The Cup was won by t ...

finals in

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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.

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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 {{Mexico-footy-defender-stub