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Érick Aguirre
Aguirre playing against South Korea at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name Érick Germáin Aguirre Tafolla[1]
Date of birth (1997-02-23) 23 February 1997 (age 27)[1]
Place of birth La Ruana, Michoacán, Mexico
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Full-back / Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Pachuca
Number 14
Youth career
2012–2015 Morelia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Morelia 37 (2)
2016– Pachuca 101 (3)
International career‡
2013 Mexico U17 12 (0)
2015 Mexico U20 9 (0)
2019 Mexico U22 5 (0)
2016– Mexico U23 7 (0)
2018– Mexico 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 February 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 February 2020

Érick Germáin Aguirre Tafolla (born 23 February 1997) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a full-back and midfielder for Liga MX club Pachuca.

Club career

Morelia

Aguirre made his senior debut with Morelia on 8 August 2014, in a 0–0 tie.[2] He would score his first goal with the team on 19 September 2014 in a 3–2 loss against UNAM.[3]

Pachuca

On 8 June 2016, it was declared that Aguirre was purchased by Pachuca.[4] He would score his first goal with the team on 20 January 2018 against Lobos, adding the third tally where Pachuca won 3–1.

International career

Mexico U-17

Aguirre participated in the 2013 CONCACAF U-17 Championship in Panama. With Mexico winning the tournament, the team would go on to qualify to the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Aguirre would also go on to participated in the U-17 World Cup. During the final against Nigeria, he would score an own goal at the 9th minute as Mexico would go on to lose 3–0.

Mexico U-20

Aguirre was called up by Sergio Almaguer to participate in the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in Jamaica.[5] Mexico would go on winning the tournament.[6] Aguirre was then called up to participate in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup with Mexico in New Zealand, where he would appear in all three group stage matches but Mexico would finish last in the group.[7]

Mexico U-22

In May 2019, he was called up by Jaime Lozano to participate in that year's Toulon Tournament.[8] He would go on to appear in all matches as Mexico won third place in the competition.[9]

Mexico U-23

On 18 September 2015, Aguirre was selected by coach Raúl Gutierrez to play in the 2015 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship.[10] Mexico would go onto the final, winning 2–0 over Honduras.[11]

On 7 July 2016, Aguirre was named in Mexico's 18-man squad that would participate in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[12] He would only appear in two group stage matches as Mexico would be eliminated in the group stage.[13]

Mexico national team

Mexico interim manager, Ricardo Ferretti, called up Aguirre for the first time for September friendlies against Uruguay and the United States.[14] He would make his debut with the national team on 11 September 2018 in a friendly match against the United States, losing 1–0.[15]

Style of play

Capable of playing as a holding midfielder or as a full-back, he has been described as able "to see the game in slow motion," innately possessing a perception of space of the players around him, and the vision to distribute passes.[16][17]

He was listed in The Guardian's list of Next Generation 2014: 40 of the best young talents in world football.[18]

Honours

Club

Morelia
Pachuca

International

Mexico

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c "Erick Germain Aguirre Tafolla". Ligamx.net. Liga MX. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  2. ^ Sierra, Axel (14 August 2014). "Erick Aguirre, motivado por su debut con Monarcas". Quadratin. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Morelia 2 - Pumas 3". ESPN. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Erick Aguirre, una promesa que llega al Pachuca". Univision. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Almaguer define a sus guerreros para el Mundial Sub 20". Excelsior. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  6. ^ "En penales, México se proclama campeón de Premundial sub 20". Excelsior. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  7. ^ "México Sub 20, listo para el Mundial en Nueva Zelanda". Milenio. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Convocatoria Final de la SNM Sub 22 Para el Torneo Maurice Revello" (in Spanish). Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C. 23 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Mexico clinch third place in 2019 Toulon Tournament after win on penalty kicks". FMFStateOfMind.com. 15 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Lista definitiva de la Selección Mexicana Sub 22 para el Preolímpico". Univision. 18 September 2015.
  11. ^ "Mexico 2, Honduras 0". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  12. ^ "Definida la convocatoria del Tri para Juegos Olímpicos". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  13. ^ Rivas, Cristian (11 August 2016). "Murió el campeón; México, fuera de los Juegos Olímpicos". Mexico.as.com (in Spanish). AS. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  14. ^ Sánchez Camacho, Antonio (29 August 2018). ""Tuca" Ferretti revela convocatoria de México". Mi Morelia. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  15. ^ Martínez, Enrique (11 September 2018). "Con Lainez y Alvarado de titulares y 4 debuts más, así va el Tri vs. EE.UU". Medio Tiempo. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  16. ^ Marshall, Tom (14 April 2016). "Morelia's Erick Aguirre dreaming of Olympic glory with Mexico". ESPN.
  17. ^ Marshall, Tom (30 December 2016). "Lozano, Pineda, Montes, Pizarro and Aguirre are El Tri's ones to watch". ESPN. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  18. ^ Blight, Garry (14 October 2014). "Next Generation 2014: 40 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  19. ^ "TSG announces CMOQ Best XI, Awards". CONCACAF. 14 October 2015. Archived from the original on 21 June 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.

External links

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