Juan Tuñas

Juan Tuñas
Personal information
Full name Juan Tuñas Bajeneta
Date of birth (1917-07-17)17 July 1917
Place of birth Havana, Cuba
Date of death 4 April 2011(2011-04-04) (aged 93)
Place of death Mexico City, Mexico
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Centro Gallego
–1941 Juventud Asturiana
1941–1945 Real Club España 16+ (28)
International career
Cuba
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
In this article, the first or paternal family name is Tuñas and the second or maternal family name is Bajeneta.

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

Career

Tuñas played for Cuban clubs Centro Gallego and Juventud Asturiana. He joined Mexican club Real Club España in 1941, and won two Liga Mayor (Mexican First Division) titles with them.

He also played for Cuba at the 1938 FIFA World Cup in France.[2][3]

Personal life

His nickname Romperredes means "net-breaker", named after his powerful shots on goal with him once shooting a hole in a goalnet. After his retirement, he lived in Mexico City, and was the last surviving member of Cuba's squad from the 1938 World Cup.[4] He died in April 2011.[5]

Honours

Real Club España

References

  1. ↑ "Murió el cubano Juan Tuñas, el mundialista más longevo de CONCACAF" [Cuban Juan Tuñas, the oldest World Cup participant from CONCACAF, died]. laprensagrafica.com (in Spanish). 2011-04-05. Archived from the original on 2011-04-26.
  2. ↑ Juan Tuñas – FIFA competition record (archived)
  3. ↑ "Juan Tunas, Cuba's original netbuster". FIFA.com. 2010-12-01. Archived from the original on December 4, 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-01.
  4. ↑ Un cubano, el ex mundialista más longevo de la CONCACAF - Cuba Debate (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Falleció Juan Tuñas Bajeneta, el “Romperredes” - Cibercuba (in Spanish)

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