Juan Carreño Lara (14 August 1909 – 16 December 1940) was a Mexican footballer, and a participant of the

1930 FIFA World Cup The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 to 30 July 1930. FIFA, football's international governing body, selected Uruguay as host nation ...

. He was the first Mexican to score in the FIFA World Cup. During this tournament he was connected with Atlante F.C. He also scored Mexico’s first goal in Olympic Games in Amsterdam 1928. He died of appendicitis aged 31.

International goals

Mexico's goal tally first

References

Sources

* A.Gowarzewski : "FUJI Football Encyclopedia. World Cup FIFA*part I*Biographical Notes - Heroes of Mundials" ; GiA Katowice 1993
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1909 births 1940 deaths Footballers from Mexico City Mexican footballers Mexico international footballers 1930 FIFA World Cup players Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Mexico Atlante F.C. footballers Deaths from appendicitis Association football forwards {{Mexico-footy-forward-stub