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Fernando Quirarte Releases ‘Bendito Futbol,’ Pairing Memoir With Message for Chivas

Pandemic-era writing prompted by earlier health struggles led him to document his life.

Overview

  • The Chivas great formally presented his autobiography in Mexico City, and the book is now on sale in bookstores and on digital platforms.
  • The memoir spans his journey from a 17-year-old debut to coaching, recounting family losses and locker-room stories with Diego Maradona, Hugo Sánchez and Bora Milutinović.
  • Quirarte says resigning from Chivas is a lasting regret and contends recent players have lacked sufficient love for the shirt.
  • He credits owner Amaury Vergara for investing in the club and backs a youth-first approach as the path to restore Guadalajara’s prominence.
  • Quirarte views Gabriel Milito’s tenure as showing acceptable signs, citing support for academy players, and he revisits his 1986 World Cup goal dedicated to his father.