The Mexican Soccer League reported on Tuesday the death of a former player and former coach from a pulmonary thromboembolism Thomas Boy, who was the captain of the Mexican team in the Mexico World Cup 1986.
“The #LigaBBVAMX regrets the sensitive death of Thomas Boy. Former player, national team, technical director and soccer legend in Mexico. We hope that her family and friends find resignation soon, “she lamented the League in their social networks the death of the former midfielder, who was 70 years old.
Thomas Boy He stood out as a footballer for being a scoring midfielder that allowed him to become the top scorer in the Tigers UANLin which he lived his best stage as a player.
The native of Monterey he converted 104 goals with the team from his hometown and in 2019 he was surpassed by the French Andre-Pierre Gignac, the current top gunner of the tigers.
Boy He also earned two degrees from League and a trophy Cup with the tigers.
“Today a ‘Chief’ arrives in heaven and from here we send a hug to him and his family,” published the tigers on his Twitter account.
The ‘Boss’, as he was nicknamed, he also played for teams in the Mexican League such as Athletic Spanish and Atletico Potosino. With the selection of Mexico was one of his figures in the decade of the 80s which allowed him to wear the captain’s armband in Mexico 1986.
In that world Cup, Mexico advanced to the quarterfinals in which they were eliminated by Germany, one of the best performances by ‘El Tri’ in a world.
The former footballer had a long career as a coach in the Mx League which began in 1989 by commanding the Tampico Madero, Veracruz, Morelia, Atlas, Monterrey, Cruz Azul, Guadalajara, Puebla, Querétaro and Mazatlán FC, his last painting he directed in the past Clausura 2021.
Despite being a long-lived strategist, he never managed to win a title with any of his teams.
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