Humberto Filizola

Humberto Francisco Filizola Haces (born 2 February 1950) is a Mexican former professor and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Between 2003 and 2006, he served as deputy of the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress, representing his hometown of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas.^[1] He had previously served as the rector of the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas (UAT), between 1991 and 2003.^[2]

Humberto Filizola
Deputy for Tamaulipas
In office 1 September 2003 – 31 August 2006
Constituency	5th Federal Electoral District [es]
Preceded by	Enrique Garza Támez
Succeeded by	Miguel Ángel González Salum
Personal details
Born	Humberto Francisco Filizola Haces (1950-02-02) 2 February 1950 (age 74) Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas,  Mexico
Political party	PRI
Profession	Professor, politician
Association football career Position(s) Striker Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1994 Correcaminos UAT 1 (0) Total 1 (0) *Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oddly, Filizola had a short-lived career as a professional football player for Correcaminos, the team representing the university of which he was the incumbent rector. On the last matchday of the 1993–94 Mexican Primera División season, he appeared for 29 minutes against Club América before being substituted.^[3] Although he almost managed to score a goal at one point, he and manager Jesús Bracamontes were lampooned by the press.^[4] Filizola, who was 44 years old at the time, defended his participation, saying that he had wanted to give an example of hard work and courage to the youth from Tamaulipas.^[5]

References

1. "Perfil del legislador" (in Spanish). Legislative Information System. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
2. "Cronología de los Rectores de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas". Dirección de Deportes y Recreación de la U.A.T. (in Spanish). Autonomous University of Tamaulipas. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
3. Leonardo, Elías (2013-03-11). "El crack inolvidable". Futbol Sapiens (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-06-03.
4. Correcaminos de Tamaulipas, el equipo que hizo debutar un delantero de 44 años (in Spanish). Univision. 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
5. "El Rector que fue futbolista". Queridos Futbolistas (in Spanish). 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2017-06-02.