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José Gerardo "Jamaicón" Villegas Tavares (20 June 1934 – 24 December 2021) was a Mexican footballer who played as a defender for the Mexico national team at the 1958 and 1962 World Cup matches.[3]

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José Villegas

Personal information
Full name	José Gerardo Villegas Tavares
Date of birth	(1934-06-20)20 June 1934
Place of birth	La Experiencia, Mexico[1][2]
Date of death	24 December 2021(2021-12-24) (aged 87)
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1][2]
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1953–1971	Guadalajara
National team
1958–1962	Mexico	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

Villegas was born in the neighborhood of “La Experiencia” in Zapopan and as many in his town he was a textile industry worker.^{[citation needed]} In his infancy he was nicknamed “Jamaicón” because he cried too much (in some regions of Mexico, “Jamaicón” is considered a polite way to call someone a whiner).^{[citation needed]} He began his football career playing for “Club Imperio” in 1949 and he was selected to the Jalisco State youth league in 1951.^{[citation needed]} In the second round of his selection his team went to play for the National Championship final in the state of Nuevo León.^{[citation needed]}

He was raised at the center of a typical Mexican family, and as most other youth in his town, he would work in textiles, and then play in his spare time. His ability to play as a defensive player allowed him to play with one of the best Mexican football clubs, C.D. Guadalajara, known as “Chivas del Guadalajara”.[4] He won eight championships with the Chivas, assisted in 13 World Cup play-offs and played in two World Cups.^{[citation needed]} As a right defensive player he could not be passed by and faced world-renowned players who he stopped from scoring.^{[citation needed]}, perhaps the most memorable being Garrincha of Botafogo.

Villegas died on 24 December 2021, at the age of 87.[5]

1962 World Cup

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While Mexico prepared to play in the World Cup at Chile in 1962 it was said that if Villegas had defeated Garrincha time and time again, surely there was enough defensive strength in the Mexico national team for the World Cup. The Mexican Football Federation went on a tour of trial games with Ignacio Trelles at the head and their first stop was London, England. Trelles decided to line up “Piolín” Mota, a second-string goalkeeper. Mota was quite concerned with the startup but Trelles told him he had nothing to worry about as Villegas would be there to defend the goal. Mexico lost 8–0 against England. As a reporter approached him to interview him on his disappointing performance, he said he missed his mother and days had gone by where he could not eat "birria" and that life was not worth it if he was not in his town.

Another interesting fact was that, even though he had defeated Garrincha in league games, he was so afraid of him during the 1962 World Cup he constantly asked where the attacker was.

Jamaicon Syndrome

A story also tells that one day he sneaked out of a dinner that was served to the Mexican team in Lisbon, prior to the Sweden World Cup of 1958. The trainer was made aware of this and found him in the Hotel garden, sitting under a tree hugging his legs and looking at the stars with melancholy. As he asked him if he had eaten dinner and everything was Ok, “Jamaicón” answered “How can I eat dinner if that was prepared for a bunch of presumptuous people? All I want are my “chalupas”, some “sopes” and not that trash that's not even Mexican”.^{[citation needed]}

Ever since, the phenomenon of Mexicans missing Mexico when they are out of the country is known as “The Jamaicón Syndrome”.[6][7]

References

Further reading

• Calderón Cardoso, Carlos (2006). Anecdotario del futbol Mexicano. Ediciones del Futbolista. ISBN 9685382409.

На других языках

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[de] José Villegas

José Villegas Tavares (* 20. Juni 1934 in La Experiencia, Bundesstaat Jalisco; † 24. Dezember 2021[1]) war ein mexikanischer Fußballspieler, der von 1952/53 bis 1971/72 für Chivas Guadalajara spielte und Teil jener legendären Mannschaft war, die in den neun Jahren zwischen 1957 und 1965 siebenmal mexikanischer Meister wurde und den Beinamen „Campeonísimo“ erhielt. Zusammen mit Sabás Ponce war Villegas der einzige Spieler, der mit Guadalajara achtmal Meister wurde. Ein noch immer bestehender Rekord in Mexiko. Bekannt war er auch unter seinem Spitznamen „el Jamaicón“ (der Jamaikaner).

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- [en] José Villegas

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[es] José Villegas Tavares

José Efrén Villegas Tavares (20 de junio de 1934 - 24 de diciembre de 2021[1]), conocido como El Jamaicón Villegas, fue un futbolista mexicano que jugó para el Club Deportivo Guadalajara en los años 50s y 60s. Se desempeñaba como defensa lateral izquierdo, y sus actuaciones lo llevaron a la selección de su país y a participar en los mundiales de Suecia 1958 y Chile 1962. Fue, junto con Sabás Ponce, el único miembro del Campeonísimo que obtuvo 8 torneos de liga en su carrera.

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[fr] José Villegas

José Efrén Villegas Tavares, surnommé Jamaicón, né le 20 juin 1934 à Guadalajara au Mexique et mort le 24 décembre 2021[1], est un joueur de football international mexicain, qui évoluait au poste de défenseur.

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[it] José Villegas

José Villegas (La Experiencia, 20 giugno 1934 – 24 dicembre 2021[1]) è stato un calciatore e allenatore di calcio messicano, di ruolo difensore.

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