Juan Tuñas Explained

Juan Tuñas
Fullname:Juan Tuñas Bajeneta
Birth Date:17 July 1917
Birth Place:Havana, Cuba
Death Place:Mexico City, Mexico
Position:Striker
Years2:–1941
Clubs2:Juventud Asturiana
Clubs1:Centro Gallego
Years3:1941–1945
Clubs3:Real Club España
Nationalteam1:Cuba

Juan Tuñas Bajeneta or Romperredes (17 July 1917 – 4 April 2011) was a Cuban footballer.[1]

Club career

He played for the Cuban clubs Juventud Asturiana and Centro Gallego. 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 and 1945.

International career

Tuñas was a member of the Cuba national football team that played at the 1938 FIFA World Cup in France, winning the game to Romania (according to the official FIFA match report http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/pwc/mr_1156.html).[2]

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.[3] He died in April 2011.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Murió el cubano Juan Tuñas, el mundialista más longevo de CONCACAF. Spanish. Cuban Juan Tuñas, the oldest World Cup participant from CONCACAF, died. laprensagrafica.com. 2011-04-05. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110426064256/http://www.laprensagrafica.com/el-salvador/lodeldia/182985-murio-el-cubano-juan-tunas-el-mundialista-mas-longevo-de-concacaf-.html. 2011-04-26.
  2. Web site: Juan Tunas, Cuba's original netbuster. https://web.archive.org/web/20101204122736/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1344134.html. dead. December 4, 2010. 2010-12-01. FIFA.com. 2010-12-01.
  3. http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2010/08/23/un-cubano-el-ex-mundialista-mas-longevo-de-la-concacaf/#.WtM8elIUnIU Un cubano, el ex mundialista más longevo de la CONCACAF
  4. https://www.cibercuba.com/noticias/2011/04/06/fallecio-juan-tunas-bajeneta-el-romperredes Falleció Juan Tuñas Bajeneta, el “Romperredes”