Jesús Prado
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| Full name | José de Jesús Prado Velázquez | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 6 March 1946 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | El Salto, Jalisco, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| ???–1966 | Río Grande | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1966–1967 | Celaya | ||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1973 | Cruz Azul | ||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1974 | Pachuca | ||||||||||||||||
| 1974–1975 | Nuevo Necaxa | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1967 | Mexico | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
José de Jesús Prado Velázquez (born 3 March 1946) is a retired Mexican footballer. Nicknamed "Zito", he played as a midfielder for Cruz Azul throughout the late 1960s and the early 1970s, winning many titles with the club as a part of its golden generation dubbed "La Máquina". He also represented Mexico for the 1967 Pan American Games and the 1967 CONCACAF Championship.
Prado began his career with Celaya during the 1966–67 Mexican Segunda División. His successes with that season would catch the interest of Cruz Azul who would sign him for the following 1967–68 Mexican Primera División. Whilst his debut season was a very modest one, the following 1968–69 season would be highly successful as the club would win the 1968–69 Mexican Primera División, the 1968–69 Copa México and the 1968–69 Campeón de Campeones. The end of the season also saw the club win the 1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. This success would continue into the early 1970s with Prado being part of the winning squads of the 1970, 1971–72 and the 1972–73 editions of the top-flight of Mexican football. This success also saw the club win the 1970 and 1971 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.[1] He spent the rest of his career with Pachuca and Nuevo Necaxa for the following two seasons before retiring.
