Humberto Filizola Explained

Humberto Filizola
Office:Deputy for Tamaulipas
Predecessor1:Enrique Garza Támez
Successor1:Miguel Ángel González Salum
Term Start:1 September 2003
Term End:31 August 2006
Birthname:Humberto Francisco Filizola Haces
Birth Date:1950 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas,
Party:PRI
Profession:Professor, politician
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Humberto Filizola
Position:Striker
Years1:1994
Clubs1:Correcaminos UAT
Caps1:1
Goals1:0
Totalcaps:1
Totalgoals:0

Humberto Francisco Filizola Haces (born 2 February 1950) is a Mexican former professor and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Between 2003 and 2006, he served as deputy of the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress, representing his hometown of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas.[1] He had previously served as the rector of the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas (UAT), between 1991 and 2003.[2]

Oddly, Filizola had a short-lived career as a professional football player for Correcaminos, the team representing the university of which he was the incumbent rector. On the last matchday of the 1993–94 Mexican Primera División season, he appeared for 29 minutes against Club América before being substituted.[3] Although he almost managed to score a goal at one point, he and manager Jesús Bracamontes were lampooned by the press.[4] Filizola, who was 44 years old at the time, defended his participation, saying that he had wanted to give an example of hard work and courage to the youth from Tamaulipas.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Perfil del legislador. Legislative Information System. 18 May 2014. Spanish.
  2. Web site: Cronología de los Rectores de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas. Dirección de Deportes y Recreación de la U.A.T.. Autonomous University of Tamaulipas. 2017-06-03. Spanish.
  3. Web site: El crack inolvidable. Leonardo. Elías. 2013-03-11. Futbol Sapiens. 2017-06-03. Spanish.
  4. 2017-03-07. Correcaminos de Tamaulipas, el equipo que hizo debutar un delantero de 44 años. 2017-06-02. Univision. Spanish.
  5. Web site: El Rector que fue futbolista. 2012-02-20. Queridos Futbolistas. 2017-06-02. Spanish.