Juan Tuñas Bajeneta or ''Romperredes'' (17 July 1917 – 4 April 2011) was a
Cuban
footballer
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.
Club career
He played for the Cuban clubs
Juventud Asturiana and
Centro Gallego
Centro may refer to:
Places Brazil
* Centro, Santa Maria, a neighborhood in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
* Centro, Porto Alegre, a neighborhood of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
*Centro (Duque de Caxias), a neighborhood of Du ...
. After helping lead Cuba to the quarterfinals in their only World Cup appearance, he moved to
Mexico and played for
Real Club España, winning two
Liga Mayor (Mexico First Division) championships there, in
1942
Events
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January
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and
1945
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Events
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Januar ...
.
International career
Tuñas was a member of the
Cuba national football team that played at the
1938 FIFA World Cup
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in
France, winning the game to
Romania (according to the official FIFA match repor
.
Personal life
His nickname Romperredes means "net-breaker", after his powerful shots on goal with him once shooting a hole in a goalnet. In 2005, he received the
Gloria del Deporte Cubano Award in
Havana. After his retirement he resided in
Mexico City and was the last surviving member of Cuba's squad from the 1938 World Cup. He died in April 2011.
Falleció Juan Tuñas Bajeneta, el “Romperredes”
- Cibercuba
References
External links
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biographical sketch at CONCACAF
FIFA article
1917 births
2011 deaths
Footballers from Havana
Men's association football forwards
Cuban men's footballers
Cuba men's international footballers
1938 FIFA World Cup players
Real Club España footballers
Liga MX players
Cuban expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Cuban emigrants to Mexico
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