Famous People with Name Cirilo

Cirilo Saucedo Nájera            Origin/Culture/Country: Mexican

Cirilo Saucedo Nájera: a Mexican goalkeeper who currently plays for C.F. Ciudad Juárez of the Primera División de México.Saucedo came to prominence playing for Club León of the Primera A in Mexico. After leading the team to a championship in the 2003 Clausura, Saucedo's team lost to the Dorados de Sinaloa in the playoff to determine which team was promoted to the Primera División. Nevertheless, Saucedo moved up, being contracted by the Dorados to reinforce their team.In his first season in the first division, Saucedo started all 17 games for Sinaloa, allowing 32 goals. Following the Clausura 2006 season, Saucedo's team Dorados was relegated to the Mexican First Division "A". Rather than playing in the lower divisions of the lower leagues, Saucedo was snatched up by CD Veracruz prior to the Apertura 2006 season. In 2007 he was traded to UANL Tigres for Sebastián González.

Cirilo E. Cumberbatch            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Cirilo E. Cumberbatch: is a professional baseball player. An outfielder, Cumberbatch plays in the Cleveland Indians organization of Major League Baseball.Cumberbatch has played in minor league baseball since 2004 and is on Panama's provisional roster for the 2009 World Baseball

Cirilo Villaverde            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Cirilo Villaverde: Cuban poet, novelist, journalist and freedom fighter.His novel Cecilia Valdés, published in 1882, is considered one of the most important works of Cuban literature. Although at the beginning of his political career, he favored U.S. annexation of Cuba, as he aged he grew disillusioned with the American imperial project, and pushed for true Cuban independence instead. Villaverde would never see the fruits of his lifelong labor, since he died before Cuba gained autonomy in 1898.

Cirilo “Pepe” Fernandez            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Cirilo “Pepe” Fernandez: was a Uruguayan soccer forward who played one season in the National Professional Soccer League, just over four in the North American Soccer League, one in the American Soccer League and five in the Netherlands. In 1967, Fernandez played for the Los Angeles Toros of the National Professional Soccer League. In 1968, the NPSL merged with the United Soccer Association to form the North American Soccer League (NASL).