Mexico national cerebral palsy football team

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Mexico national cerebral palsy football team
FederationFederacion Mexicana de Deportes para Personas con Paralisis Cerebral (FEMEDEPC)
IFCPF ranking 21
Highest IFCPF ranking19 (July 2011, September 2012)
Lowest IFCPF ranking22 (November 2014)

Mexico national cerebral palsy football team is the national cerebral football team for Mexico that represents the team in international competitions. The country has never participated at the Paralympics.

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Background

Federacion Mexicana de Deportes para Personas con Paralisis Cerebral (FEMEDEPC) manages the national team. [1] In 2016, the national team was inactive as the country. The sport was being developed with the goal in mind of establishing a national team. The sport was developed enough to host a national championships. [2]

National team development is supported by an International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF) recognized national championship. Recognized years for the national IFCPF recognized competition include 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. [3] In 2015, the championsion was in its seventh year. That year, six teams participated including Jalisco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Estado de México, Michoacán, and Distrito Federal. [4]

Players

There have been a number of players for the Mexican squad.

NameNumberClassificationPositionYears activeRef
Edgar Aguirre RomanFT72016 [5]
Bardo Isaac Alanis RodríguezFT72016 [5]
Oscar Ivan Baca NorzagarayFT72016 [5]
Julio Baltazar HernándezFT72016 [5]
Rogelio Constantino GallegosFT72016 [5]
Arturo Crespo BaltazarFT82016 [5]
Marcos Cruz JimenezFT52016 [5]
Salvador Cuevas MagañaFT72016 [5]
Jonathan Uriel Dávila PérezFT72016 [5]
Sebastian De La Rosa VicenteFT62016 [5]
Orlando Díaz GómezFT72016 [5]
Gonzalo Ramsés García YerenaFT72016 [5]
Jesus Arnulfo Gonzalez LaraFT72016 [5]
José Ramón González GutiérrezFT72016 [5]
Enrique González OrozcoFT72016 [5]
José Angel Guerrero MartínezFT52016 [5]
Jesus Hernandez CosioFT72016 [5]
Joel Ernesto Legarreta GomezFT62016 [5]
Luis Alberto Lopez FrancoFT82016 [5]
Juan Carlos Marín GonzálezFT52016 [5]
Hector Alejandro Martinez SandriaFT52016 [5]
Juan Daniel Montejano AlemánFT72016 [5]
Hugo Eduardo Morquecho CastroFT72016 [5]
Julian Ramirez MartinezFT52016 [5]
Salvador Manuel Rocha AguilarFT72016 [5]
Juan Carlos Rojas NavaFT72016 [5]
Francisco Javier Ruiz RamirezFT72016 [5]
Carlos Fernando Saldaña ArteagaFT72016 [5]
Carlos Israel Samaniego BarreraFT72016 [5]
Jorge Sanchez ReyesFT72016 [5]
Abdel Jonathan Vega GarcFT72016 [5]
Pedro VillanuevaFT52016 [5]

Ranking

Mexico was ranked twenty-first in the world by the IFCPF in 2016. [6] The team is also ranked sixth in the Americas that same year. [7] In November 2014, the team was ranked twenty-second. [8] In August 2013, Mexico was ranked twenty-first. [9] In July 2011 and September 2012, Mexico was ranked nineteenth. [10] [11]

Results

The country has never participated in a Paralympic Games since the sport made its debut at the 1984 Games. [12] Mexico has participated in a number of international tournaments. At the Football 7-a-side International Tournament in Portugal in 2011, Mexico lost to Canada 2 - 3. [13] Six teams participated in the Toronto hosted American Cup in 2014. Group A included Venezuela, Argentina and Canada. Group B included Mexico, Brazil and the United States. The tournament was important for preparations for the 2015 Parapan American Games, and because it was the last major continental level competition of the year. [14]

CompetitionLocationYearTotal TeamsResultRef
America Cup Toronto, Canada 201466 [15] [16]
Parapan American Youth Games Buenos Aires, Argentina 20136 [17]
British Paralympic World Cup Nottingham, England 201212 [18]
Football 7-a-side International Tournament Porto, Portugal 20114 [13] [19]

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