Sergio Bravo
Personal information
Full name Sergio Bravo Martínez
Date of birth (1926-11-29)29 November 1926
Place of birth Mexico City, Mexico
Date of death 9 April 1997(1997-04-09) (aged 70)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Club León
International career
1947–1957 Mexico 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sergio Bravo Martínez (29 November 1926 – 9 April 1997) was a Mexican football defender who was in Mexico's squad for the 1954 FIFA World Cup.[1]

Bravo died on 9 April 1997, at the age of 70.[2]

Career

Bravo was an imposing central defender who played his club football with Club León. He retired from playing in January 1964.[3] A chronicler of the time described him as "one of the strongest central defenders in the country".[4]

References

  1. 1954 FIFA World Cup Switzerland
  2. "65. Sergio Bravo". NaciónEsmeralda on Twitter. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  3. "SERGIO BRAVO SE RETIRA DEL FÚTBOL!" (in Spanish). El Heraldo de León. 7 January 1964.
  4. "Sergio Bravo se retira del fútbol!". El Heraldo de León (in Spanish). 7 January 1964. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2018.


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