A Tribute to Hermelindo Cantarero: Honduras Mourns the Loss of a Soccer Legend

2024-04-06

Hermelindo Cantarero was buried this afternoon in the city of Tocoa Colón surrounded by family, friends and hundreds of soccer personalities, a sport to which he left legacies for eternity.

Hours before the funeral, former football legends arrived to accompany him to his final resting place. It was no wonder, since they were before the coffin of the person who guided them in their first steps in football and beyond that, he became an advisor in his life.

Hermelindo Cantarero, the talent scout who gave so much to a team like Platense and in a final stage of his career to clubs like Marathón, has left hundreds of players and former players with deep regret at his final goodbye.

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Among the events that most marked the moments prior to his funeral, was the visit of Julio César de León and Ósman Chávez, who found it impossible to maintain their position and burst into tears when they saw inert in the coffin whom they always considered as their second. father.

This Saturday, April 6, Hermelindo Cantarero, the best talent scout of the last 40 years in Honduras, was unveiled in Tocoa, Colón.

Bouquets of flowers from the Boca Júniors, Real Sociedad teams, and even the Municipality of Tocoa, were placed at the wake of Cortés, born in La Lima.

The floral arrangements were placed around the coffin of Hermelindo, who yesterday, Friday, April 5, lost his life due to a heart attack in his home in Tocoa.

It should be noted that friends, soccer directors, coaches, players and former players who he discovered and catapulted into the history of the Honduran National League came to Hermelindo’s wake.

And yes, like Rambo, Chávez and Edgard Álvarez, former players like Camilo Bonilla Ocampo, Adalid Puerto, among others, were present to accompany the family of the man for whom Honduran soccer will never fully pay off his debt.

2024-04-06 23:33:00
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