América, the team with the most title in Liga MX, turns 105 this October 12. The history of the Eagles has been surrounded by titles and great players. However, there are also footballers who have passed through the Eagles without leaving a mark on the institution, ESPN Digital presents some cases.
Federico Higuain
Gonzalo Higuaín’s brother had a fleeting passage through América in 2008. Federico played 22 matches dressed in blue cream, between Liga MX and Copa Libertadores. The Argentine, forged in the lower teams of River Plate, added 1,025 minutes of participation in which he collaborated in three annotations, with two goals, in addition to an assist.
Gustavo Naples
The ‘Worm’ is remembered for his goals in Chivas, especially for the four goals he scored against Toros Neza in the final of Summer 1997. However, Naples also played for América. The attacker was in the ranks of the Eagles in the Summer of 1999, a tournament in which he played 10 games, four of them as a starter, in which he added 372 minutes, time in which he could not score dressed in blue cream.
Marcelo Lipatin
The Uruguayan was three tournaments with America, a team with which he crowned in the Summer 2002 tournament. Lipatín played 45 games with the feathered ones, 21 of them as a starter, including the final back against Necaxa, a rival who won the only championship. of his career. The South American attacker added 2,119 minutes, in which he scored 14 goals.
Robert of Pine
After shining with Atlas and adding experience in soccer in Europe and Asia, he came to America as a stellar reinforcement. However, the Brazilian did not perform as expected. With the Eagles he was only in the Clausura 2009, a tournament in which he played 17 games, 15 as a starter, but in the 1,217 minutes he played, he only scored four touchdowns.
Jean-Claude Pagal
It has been one of the great disappointments in the history of America. The Cameroonian footballer came to the Coapa team for the 1994/1995 season, after being a recurring player in his team, he even attended the 1990 World Cup in Italy, a contest in which his team reached the quarterfinals and in which the defender he played three games. However, with the Eagles he only participated in six matches.
Antonio De Nigris
The ‘Tano’ De Nigris, who died in November 2009, was registered with América at the Clausura 2003, after he spent the first years of his career with Monterrey. With the Eagles he only played 176 minutes in the three games he played, two of them as a starter.
Sergio Berti
The ‘Witch’ arrived in America for Winter 1999 with an attractive track record. He had won seven titles with River Plate, a South American Super Cup with Boca Juniors, a European Cup Winners’ Cup with Parma, in addition to passing through Real Zaragoza and having been called up by Argentina for the 1998 World Cup in France. However, with the Águilas, in the two tournaments that he was, only played eight games, all as a starter, in which he scored three goals.
Daniel Bilos
Coming from Saint Etienne in France, Bilos signed with América for the Clausura 2007, the only tournament he played in Liga MX. With the feathered ones he played 14 matches, between Liga MX and Copa Libertadores, in which he scored three goals in the 676 minutes that he had of participation.
Andres Chitiva
After the successful passage he had through Pachuca, a team in which he won eight titles, Chitiva went through the ranks of América in 2009, but was far from the level he showed in the Tuzos. There were 12 games that the Colombian played with the feathered ones, in which he added 175 minutes, with just one goal.
Sebastian Abreu
The ‘Loco’ Abreu went from Cruz Azul, a team in which he was scoring champion, to America. However, the Uruguayan did not show his scoring nose with the azulcremas, because in the Apertura 2003, a tournament that defended the feathered ones, he only scored three goals in the 16 games he played.
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