Rafael Ávalos Rivas (November 22, 1925 – April 15, 1993) was a Mexican

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

who played for the

Mexico national team The Mexico national football team () represents Mexico in international football and is governed by the Mexican Football Federation (). It competes as a member of CONCACAF. Mexico has qualified to seventeen World Cups and has qualified conse ...

in the

1954 FIFA World Cup The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerla ...

.1954 FIFA World Cup Switzerland
/ref> He also played for Atlante.

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FIFA profile
Mexican men's footballers Mexico men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Atlante F.C. footballers Liga MX players 1954 FIFA World Cup players 1925 births 1993 deaths {{Mexico-footy-midfielder-stub