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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lajud and the second or maternal family name is Bojalil.
Gibrán Lajud
Personal information
Full name Manuel Gibrán Lajud Bojalil[1]
Date of birth (1993-12-25) 25 December 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Mexico City, Mexico
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Santos Laguna
Number 25
Youth career
Cruz Azul
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Cruz Azul 0 (0)
2014–2015 → Tijuana (loan) 1 (0)
2015–2020 Tijuana 125 (0)
2020– Santos Laguna 19 (0)
International career
2013 Mexico U20 1 (0)
2014 Mexico U21 4 (0)
2015–2016 Mexico U23 23 (0)
2018 Mexico 1 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Mexico
Men's football
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 October 2023

Manuel Gibrán Lajud Bojalil (born 25 December 1993) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga MX club Santos Laguna.

Club career

Early career

Lajud joined the youth academy of Cruz Azul in 2009, and made his way up the ranks through the academy, playing for the under-17 and under-20 squads. He was called up to the first team.[2]

Tijuana

Lajud joined Tijuana on loan for the 2014–15 season. On 26 July 2014, he made his professional debut against Club América. He came on as a substitute for the injured Cirilo Saucedo in the 73rd minute.

After the retirement of Federico Vilar, Lajud was named the starting goalkeeper for Tijuana.

International career

Mexico

Lajud was called up to the senior Mexico squad for a friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina in January 2018.[3] He did not appear in the match. He made his debut for Mexico in a 3–2 friendly win over Costa Rica on 10 December the same year.[4]

Lebanon

During the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, the Lebanese Football Association attempted to include Lajud to play for Lebanon, after Lebanon qualified for the third round; Lajud has yet to complete the FIFA one-time switch requirement in order to join the Lebanon national football team.[5]

Personal life

Lajud is of Lebanese descent.[6] He received his Lebanese passport on 6 November 2021.[7]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[8]
National team Year Apps Goals
Mexico 2018 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

Mexico Youth

Individual

References

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 List of Players: Mexico" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2013. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Manuel Gibran Lajud Bojalil". LigaMX.net (in Spanish). LIGA BBVA Bancomer MX. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Mexico vs Bosnia and Herzegovina". ESPN. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Mexico vs. Costa Rica - Football Match Report - October 11, 2018 - ESPN".
  5. ^ "Gibran Lajud could play the World Cup with Lebanon". Today in 24 English. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  6. ^ Said Rodriguez (14 June 2014). "Refuerzo Xolos - Manuel Gibran Lajud de Cruz Azu" (in Spanish). San Diego Red. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  7. ^ Gibran Lajud [@gibranlajud] (6 November 2021). "Con mucho orgullo les comparto que he recibido mi pasaporte Libanes" – via Instagram.
  8. ^ "Gibrán Lajud". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 18 June 2021.


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