Alejandro Mayorga

Manuel Alejandro Mayorga Almaráz (born 29 May 1997) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga MX club Cruz Azul on loan from Guadalajara.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mayorga and the second or maternal family name is Almaráz.
Alejandro Mayorga
Personal information
Full name Manuel Alejandro Mayorga Almaráz[1]
Date of birth (1997-05-29) 29 May 1997[1]
Place of birth Durango, Mexico
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Club information
Current team
 Cruz Azul
(on loan from Guadalajara)
Number 2
Youth career
2011–2017 Guadalajara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Guadalajara 35 (4)
2018 → Necaxa (loan) 11 (0)
2019–2020 → UNAM (loan) 29 (1)
2022– → Cruz Azul (loan) 12 (0)
National team‡
2015 Mexico U18 2 (0)
2017 Mexico U20 6 (0)
2021 Mexico U23 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 April 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 June 2021

Club career

Mayorga joined C.D. Guadalajara's youth academy in 2011. He made his Liga MX debut under manager Matías Almeyda on 5 August 2017 in a 2–2 draw against Club Necaxa.[2]

Making three appearances and scoring one goal in the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League in which Guadalajara won,[3] he was included in the tournament's Best XI.[4]

In June 2018, he joined Necaxa on loan for the 2018 Apertura.[5]

In December 2019, he joined Club Universidad Nacional on loan for 2020.[6] On 12 January 2020, he made his debut against C.F. Pachuca in a 2–1 win. On 30 August, he scored his first goal with the team against Club Tijuana in a 3–0 victory.[7] Following an impressive Guardianes 2020 performance in which Pumas U.N.A.M. managed to reach the championship final, Mayorga returned to Guadalajara.[8]

International career

Youth

Mayorga was called up by Marco Antonio Ruiz for the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[9] Mayorga started in all of the national team's matches in the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.

Mayorga participated at the 2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship, appearing in four matches, where Mexico won the competition.

Senior

Mayorga and Edson Álvarez were given the opportunity by Juan Carlos Osorio to be supporting practice squad players with the senior national team that participated at the 2017 Confederations Cup.[10] At the conclusion of the tournament, he got his first call up to the senior national side in the preliminary list for the subsequent Gold Cup, all before his Liga MX debut.[11] He eventually made it to the official 23-man list.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 30 April 2022[12]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Guadalajara 2017–18 Liga MX 404[lower-alpha 1]03[lower-alpha 2]1—111
2018–19 304[lower-alpha 1]0——70
2019–20 402[lower-alpha 1]1——61
2020–21 102———102
2021–22 142———142
Total 35410131—486
Necaxa (loan) 2018–19 Liga MX 1103[lower-alpha 1]0——140
UNAM (loan) 2019–20 Liga MX 1002[lower-alpha 1]1——121
2020–21 191———191
Total 29121——312
Cruz Azul (loan) 2021–22 Liga MX 120—3[lower-alpha 2]0—150
Career total 87515261001088
  1. Appearances in Copa MX
  2. Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League

Honours

Guadalajara

Necaxa

Mexico U23

Individual

References
  1. "Manuel Alejandro Mayorga Almaráz". Ligabancomer.mx. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  2. "Conoce a… Alejandro Mayorga". chivasdecorazon.com.mx. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  3. "Chivas Win CONCACAF Champions League". BeinSport.com. April 25, 2018.
  4. "2018 SCCL - Best XI". CONCACAF. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  5. "Alex Mayorga a préstamo con Necaxa". Nación Deportes (in Spanish). June 6, 2018.
  6. "Pumas acquire Alejandro Mayorga from Chivas". FMFStateOfMind.com. December 21, 2019.
  7. Carrara, Germán. "Alejandro Mayorga se despidió de Pumas con un sentido mensaje para la afición". DalePumas.BolaVIP.com (in Spanish).
  8. "Alejandro Mayorga regresa a Chivas". Goal.com (in Spanish). December 20, 2020.
  9. "Convocatoria de la Selección Nacional de México Sub-20". Miseleccion.mx. FMF. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  10. "Edson Álvarez y Alejandro Mayorga, 'invitados' de Osorio a Confederaciones". mediotiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  11. "Convocatoria preliminar para Copa Oro 2017". miseleccion.mx. June 7, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  12. Alejandro Mayorga at Soccerway
  13. Martínez, Alejandro (July 15, 2018). "Necaxa campeón de la Super Copa MX 2018 ante Monterrey". AS (in Spanish).
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