Alejandro Díaz (footballer)

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Alejandro Díaz
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Díaz Liceága
Date of birth (1996-01-27) 27 January 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Mexico City, Mexico
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team 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 10 (3)
International career‡
2013 Mexico U17 12 (3)
2015 Mexico U20 7 (4)
2016 Mexico U23 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of February 4, 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 February 2020

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

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]

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 26 August 2020[1]

[8]

Club statistics
Club Season League National Cup[a] Continental[b] Other[c] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
América 2014–15 Liga MX 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 6 1
2015–16 Liga MX 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
2017–18 Liga MX 18 1 5 0 2 1 4 0 29 2
2018–19 Liga MX 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 22 1 8 0 5 2 4 0 39 3
Necaxa (loan) 2016–17 Liga MX 12 0 5 1 — 1 0 18 1
Atlas (loan) 2018–19 Liga MX 11 0 2 0 — 0 0 13 0
Zacatepec (loan) 2019–20 Ascenso MX 3 0 3 0 — 3 0 9 0
Pacific FC 2020 CPL 4 1 0 0 — 0 0 4 1
Career total 52 2 18 1 5 2 8 0 83 5

  1. ^ Includes appearances in the Copa MX.
  2. ^ Includes appearances in CONCACAF Champions League.
  3. ^ Includes appearances in the Liga MX Liguilla and Ascenso MX Liguilla.

Honours

Club

América

International

Mexico

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "A. Díaz". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Draft Apertura 2016". Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  3. ^ http://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/mexico/nota/_/id/3381799/el-guero-diaz-despierta-y-acecha-la-formula-de-raul-jimenez
  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. ^ "Mexico - A. Díaz - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 August 2020.

External links

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