Fernando Bustos

Mexican footballer (1944-1979)

Fernando Bustos
Personal information
Full name	Fernando Bustos Castañeda
Date of birth	(1944-08-01)1 August 1944
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico
Date of death	23 September 1979(1979-09-23) (aged 35)
Place of death	Tepeji del Río, Mexico
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1959-1963	Union Obrera
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1963–1979	Cruz Azul		(84)
1976–1977	→ Atlético Español (loan)	19	(2)
International career
1967-1973	Mexico	39	(11)
1968	Mexico Olympic	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fernando Bustos Castañeda (1 August 1944 – 23 September 1979) was a Mexican footballer who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Death

Bustos died in a car accident on the road to Querétaro in 1979, aged just 35.^[2]

Bustos was inducted into Salón de la Fama del futbol in Pachuca on November 13, 2018.^[3]

Cruz Azul

National team

CONCACAF Championship: 1971

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fernando Bustos". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
^ Se cumplen 26 años de la trágica muerte de Fernando Bustos - Mediotiempo (in Spanish)
^ "Emotiva investidura al Salón de la Fama". Esto. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2021.