Aldo de Nigris

Aldo de Nigris

Personal information
Full name	Jesus Aldo de Nigris Guajardo
Date of birth	July 22, 1983 (1983-07-22)
Place of birth	Monterrey, Mexico
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Monterrey
Number	9
Youth career
1999–2002	Monterrey
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2007	Tigres	86	(9)
2007–2008	Veracruz	28	(7)
2008	Necaxa	8	(0)
2009	→ Monterrey (loan)	38	(16)
2010–	Monterrey	47	(14)
National team‡
2003	Mexico U-20	3	(1)
2010–	Mexico	14	(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 September 2011

Jesús Aldo de Nigris Guajardo (born 22 July 1983 in Monterrey, Nuevo León) is a Mexican footballer of Italian descent who currently plays for Monterrey in the Primera Division and the Mexico national football team.

Club career

Early career

de Nigris played for Tigres UANL early in his career. He was sold to Club Necaxa after CD Veracruz was demoted to the second division.

Monterrey

On 5 December 2008, C.F. Monterrey announced the transfer of de Nigris from Necaxa on a loan. He had played for the Rayados' youth squad before signing a professional contract for archrival Tigres.

On 15 November 2009, Aldo's brother Antonio who played for AE Larissa died from a heart attack at the age of 31. In the first game after his brother's death he dedicated his only goal to him in an Apertura 2009 playoff game against América on 21 November 2009 in the second minute of the second half. He then scored two goals against Toluca in the semi-final. He also scored in the final against Cruz Azul, giving Monterrey the lead, and eventually dedicating the winning championship to his late brother.

A year later, Aldo would win his second league title with Monterrey, this time against Santos Laguna.

International career

He was called up to the Mexico national football team for the friendly matches against Bolivia on 24 February 2010 and New Zealand on 3 March 2010. Mexico defeated Bolivia 5-0, in which de Nigris entered to the game as a substitute. He started in his first game for Mexico against New Zealand, in which he played the first forty-five minutes, until being taken off at half-time. Mexico would win 2-0. Aldo would be left out of Javier Aguirre's 23-man squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup due to an ankle injury, in which he took 12 weeks to recover.

On 29 March 2011 he scored his first international goal in a friendly match against Venezuela.

2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup

de Nigris was named in the 23-man squad to participate in the CONCACAF Gold Cup. On 5 June he scored the second goal in the 5-0 over El Salvador after coming on as a substitute in the second-half. On 9 June de Nigris again scored after coming off the bench in a 5-0 win over Cuba. Three days later, he would score again coming on in the second half in the quarter-final match against Guatemala. After Mexico and Honduras held each other to a 0-0 draw in the semi-final match, de Nigris opened the score in the first half of extra-time, heading in a corner kick. Mexico would win the match 2-0, thus advancing to the final.

International goals

Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	March 29, 2011	Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States	Venezuela	1–0	1–1	Friendly
2.	June 1, 2011	Invesco Field at Mile High, Denver, United States	New Zealand	3–0	3–0	Friendly
3.	June 5, 2011	Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, United States	El Salvador	2–0	5–0	2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup
4.	June 9, 2011	Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, United States	Cuba	3–0	5–0	2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup
5.	June 18, 2011	New Meadowlands Stadium, East Rutherford, United States	Guatemala	1–1	2–1	2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup
6.	June 22, 2011	Reliant Stadium, Houston, United States	Honduras	1–0	2–0	2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Career statistics

Club	Season	League		Libertadores		Interliga		CONCACAF		Total
		GP	Goals	GP	Goals	GP	Goals	GP	Goals	GP	Goals
Monterrey
	2008–2009	16	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	5
	2009–2010	29	15	1	0	2	0	-	-	32	15
	2010–2011	27	12	-	-	-	-	5	4	32	16
	Total	72	32	1	0	2	0	5	4	80	36

Honours

Club:

Tigres UANL

• InterLiga:
  • Winner (2): 2005, 2006.

Monterrey

• Primera División de México:
  • Winner (2): Apertura 2009, Apertura 2010
• CONCACAF Champions League:
  • Winner (1): 2010-11
• InterLiga:
  • Winner (1): 2010.

International

Mexico

• CONCACAF Gold Cup: (1) 2011

Personal life

His older brother Alfonso is an actor and a model. His other brother, the late Antonio de Nigris, was also a footballer. He also has an Italian passport. He is currently sponsored by Under Armour.

External links

• Aldo de Nigris stats at Medio Tiempo.com (Spanish)
• Aldo de Nigris at National-Football-Teams.com