The death news of former legendary Mexican football player and coach, Tomás Boy has deeply saddened the footballing world, who passed away at the age of 70.
Tomás Boy was born in Mexico City’s La Condesa and raised in Bosques de Echegaray, Naucalpan. He was regarded as one of the finest Mexican midfielders of all time. He was a creative player with superb technical ability and vision.
Between 1975 and 1988, he was a member of the Mexican professional football league, now known as Liga MX, and was widely regarded as the best-attacking midfielder of the late 1970s and early 1980s in Mexico.
Tomás Boy earned the nickname El Jefe (“The Boss” in Spanish) and got admitted into the Pachuca Football Hall of Fame on November 12, 2019.
Death Cause & Obituary: What Happened To Tomás Boy?
Tomás Boy, a legendary former Mexican soccer player, died at a hospital in Mexico after suffering from complications of pulmonary thromboembolism.
Tomás Juan Boy Espinosa was brought to a hospital in Santa Fe, Mexico City, with health issues on Monday evening, March 7. Tomas was in poor health since his illness causes the arteries in his lungs to become clogged by a clot, making it difficult to breathe.
According to sources contacted by Infobae México from Thomas Boys Hospital, the former Mexican player and coach raised the disaster while on vacation in Acapulco. As a result, he was transported from Guerrero state to Mexico City, where he was immediately admitted to the ABC hospital.
Tomás Boy Wife: Who Is She?
The name of the former wife of Tomás Boy is Rosa. Tomás and Rosa have three children named Andrew, Louis, and Claudius.
Andrew works for Televisa Monterrey as a football analyst. Claudius is a technical assistant who works with Tomás and is named after his friend Claudio Lostanau.
Tomás left the house at seventeen, encouraged by his mother, to pursue a professional football career. He spends the majority of his time in Mexico City and Acapulco.
Tomás Boy Net Worth 2022
Tomás Boy has an estimated net worth of over $5 million. He has generated his income primarily through his football career as a player and a coach.
Tomás Boy has managed ten different teams in Mexico since retiring, reaching the final with Morelia in 2011 and rescuing several teams from relegation.
He was named the greatest attacking midfielder in Mexico for the 1978–79 season, winning the Balón de Oro.