Carlos Albert Llorente death Mexico sports journalism legend, Digi Mart USA News (Mexico): Mexican football mourns the death of former player Carlos Albert Llorente, who died at age 83, according to a report from Diario21 published on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. He was also one of the most important sports commentators in Mexico.
Albert was a central defender for Club Necaxa between 1961 and 1971. He later worked in the media at Imevisión/TV Azteca, CNI Canal 40, ESPN, FOX Sports, Radio Centro and La Octava Sports, where he was known as one of the most outspoken critics of Mexican football.
As a player, Albert represented Mexico at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games and was part of the squad that won the 1967 Pan American Games championship in Winnipeg. At Necaxa he shared the defense with Argentine Pedro Dellacha and later partnered with Uruguayan Francisco Majewski.
His playing career ended in 1971, when the club changed owners and was renamed Atlético Español; Albert chose to retire due to the new contracting conditions.
His media career began in 1978, when he worked as a commentator at the World Cup in Argentina for Imevisión, the company later known as TV Azteca. His playing experience allowed him to bring his knowledge of the sport to television and radio.
José Ramón Fernández was one of the figures who helped advance his development as a commentator within a group of communicators with backgrounds as athletes. Luis Villicaña, who worked with Albert, said Fernández sought to bring in specialists who knew the disciplines they analyzed from the inside.
After nearly five decades in sports, Albert announced his retirement from the media on October 29. In his message, he thanked those who accompanied him throughout his career and described what it meant to him to work in the media.
“No one can walk these paths alone; it is essential to walk in company in order to grow. That is why I consider myself privileged to have traveled these hostile and competitive roads alongside the best and most respected journalists of this era,” he said in that message.
The publisher report states that no cause of death has been specified so far, though the news has been confirmed by several sports journalism figures. In his farewell, Albert said: “It has been many years of struggle, of being in something that fascinates me.
It was also a family inheritance. My father was one of the pioneers of broadcasting in Mexico, so I grew up in an environment of radio and television.
It hurts me to leave it because it has been my life, but I believe the time has come to let people rest.”
