Alejandro Díaz (footballer)

Alejandro Díaz Liceága (born 27 January 1996) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Canadian Premier League club Pacific FC.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Díaz and the second or maternal family name is Liceága.
Alejandro Díaz
Díaz with Pacific FC in 2021
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Díaz Liceága
Date of birth (1996-01-27) 27 January 1996
Place of birth Mexico City, Mexico
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Pacific FC
Number 9
Youth career
2005–2014 América
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2020 América 22 (1)
2016–2017 → Necaxa (loan) 12 (0)
2018–2019 → Atlas (loan) 11 (0)
2019 → Zacatepec (loan) 3 (0)
2020– Pacific FC 39 (15)
National team‡
2013 Mexico U17 12 (3)
2015 Mexico U20 7 (4)
2016 Mexico U23 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 April 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 February 2020

Club career

América

He was a fan of rivals Guadalajara. He played for an academy of Real Madrid based in Mexico and later moved to Club America's academy. A product of América's academy programme, Díaz made his debut for the club in Liga MX on 22 November 2014 as an 84th-minute substitute in a 2–1 loss to Atlas.[1] On 8 April 2015, he scored his first goal for the club in CONCACAF Champions League in a 6–0 win over Costa Rican side Herediano.[1] That season, he made a total of three league appearances, one appearance in the Copa MX and two appearances in Champions League.[1] The following season, he made one league appearance and one appearance in Champions League.[1]

Loan to Necaxa

On 8 June 2016, Díaz was loaned to Necaxa until the end of the season.[2] He made twelve league appearances that season, one in the Liguilla Apertura and five in the Copa MX.[1] His only goal for Necaxa came in a 5–1 Copa MX victory over Potros UAEM.[1]

Return to América

Diaz returned to America for the 2017–2018 campaign, where he was finally promoted to América's first team on a regular basis.[3] He made eighteen league appearances that season, four in the Liguilla Apertura, five in the Copa MX and two in Champions League, scoring a goal in the league and another in Champions League against Panamanian side Tauro.[1]

Loan to Atlas

In the 2018–19 season, Díaz was loaned to Atlas, where he made eleven league appearances and two Copa MX appearances, but failed to score.[1]

Loan to Zacatepec

On 5 August 2019, Díaz was loaned to Ascenso MX side Zacatepec.[4] That season, he made three league appearances, three appearances in the Liguilla Apertura and three appearances in the Copa MX, but again failed to score.[1]

Pacific FC

On 6 February 2020, Díaz signed with Canadian Premier League club Pacific FC.[5] He made his debut on August 15 against the HFX Wanderers.[6] He scored his first goal for the club on August 25, in a 2-0 victory over Valour FC.[7] On July 21 2021, Díaz scored his first hat-trick with Pacific FC in a 4-2 win over Atlético Ottawa.[8]

International career

In 2013, Díaz played for Mexico at the 2013 CONCACAF U-17 Championship, making five appearances and scoring one goal against Cuba as Mexico went on to win the tournament.[1] At the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup he again featured heavily for Mexico, making seven appearances and scoring goals against Iraq and Italy on route to a finals run in which Mexico lost 3–0 to Nigeria national under-17 football team.[1]

In 2015, Díaz represented Mexico at the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, making five appearances as Mexico went on to win the tournament.[1] He scored four goals, the first two coming in a 9–1 victory over Cuba, the third in a 3–0 win over Honduras and the fourth in a 3–1 win over El Salvador.[1] At the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Díaz made appearances against Mali and Serbia as Mexico were knocked out in the group stage.[1]

In 2016, Díaz represented Mexico at the 2016 Toulon Tournament, making three appearances.[1]

Career statistics
As of 20 April 2022[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental[lower-alpha 2] Other[lower-alpha 3] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
América 2014–15 Liga MX 301021—61
2015–16 Liga MX 10—10—20
2017–18 Liga MX 181502140292
2018–19 Liga MX 0020——20
Total 221805240393
Necaxa (loan) 2016–17 Liga MX 12051—10181
Atlas (loan) 2018–19 Liga MX 11020——130
Zacatepec (loan) 2019–20 Ascenso MX 3030—3090
Pacific FC 2020 Canadian Premier League 103——00103
2021 Canadian Premier League 271032—103112
2022 Canadian Premier League 22———22
Total 39153200104317
Career total 8716213529012221
  1. Includes appearances in the Copa MX and Canadian Championship.
  2. Includes appearances in CONCACAF Champions League.
  3. Includes appearances in the Liga MX Liguilla, Ascenso MX Liguilla and Canadian Premier League playoffs.

Honours

América

Pacific FC

Mexico Youth

Individual

References
  1. "A. Díaz". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  2. "Draft Apertura 2016". Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  3. "El 'Güero' Díaz acecha la fórmula de Jiménez". 10 July 2017.
  4. "CLUB AMÉRICA: Alejandro Díaz pasa al Zacatepec" (in Spanish). Superlider. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  5. "Pacific FC Sign Mexican Forward Alejandro Diaz". 6 February 2020. Archived from the original on 6 February 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  6. "Canadian Premier League". 14 August 2018.
  7. "Pacific FC shine on a night of many firsts at The Island Games". Canadian Premier League. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  8. "HIGHLIGHTS: Diaz hat-trick lifts Pacific to comeback victory over 10-men Atlético Ottawa". Canadian Premier League. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
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