Cristian Calderón
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cristian Yonathan Calderón Del Real[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 May 1997[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Tepic, Nayarit, México | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Left back[2] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Guadalajara | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014 | De los Altos | ||
| 2014–2016 | Atlas | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Atlas | 21 | (0) |
| 2019 | Necaxa | 36 | (10) |
| 2020– | Guadalajara | 4 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019– | Mexico U22 | 2 | (0) |
| 2019– | Mexico | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 February 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 January 2020 | |||
Cristian Yonathan Calderón Del Real (born May 24, 1997) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga MX club Guadalajara.
Club
Atlas
He made his debut with Atlas on 7 May 2016 against Tijuana.[3] He became a starter for the first team in the 2018 Apertura.[3]
Necaxa
He was signed by Necaxa for the 2019 Clausura.[3] He made his debut for Necaxa on 5 March 2019, scoring his first goals as a brace against América, winning 3–1.[4] At the end of the 2019 Apertura, he was listed in the Best XI of the tournament.[5] According to a poll held by Mexican sports newspaper Récord, its readers voted Calderón as the best player of the tournament.[6]
Guadalajara
On 11 December 2019, it was announced that Guadalajara signed Calderón.[7][8] On 18 January 2020, he made his debut coming on as a substitute against Pachuca in a 0–0 tie.[9] Three days later, he would score his first goal with Chivas, scoring a stoppage-time header in a 2–1 loss against Dorados de Sinaloa during the first round-of-16 leg of the 2019–20 Copa MX.[10] A week later in the second leg, he would score a bicycle kick in a 1–0 victory,[11] helping send Guadalajara to a penalty shoot-out that was eventually lost.[12]
International
Mexico U-22
In May 2019, he was called up by Jaime Lozano to participate in that year's Toulon Tournament.[13] In the third-place match against the Republic of Ireland, he would score during the penalty shoot-out, helping Mexico win 4–3.[14]
Mexico national team
He made his Mexico national football team debut on 2 October 2019 in a friendly against Trinidad & Tobago. He started the game and was substituted at half-time.[15]
Career statistics
International
- As of match played 19 November 2019[16]
| Mexico national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 0 |
Honours
Individual
- Liga MX Best XI: Apertura 2019[5]
- Récord Player of the tournament: Apertura 2019[6]
References
- ^ a b c "Cristian Yonathan Calderón Del Real". LigaMX.net.
- ^ Cristian Calderón at Footballdatabase, footballdatabase.eu
- ^ a b c Quiroga, Antonio (21 November 2019). "La evolución del 'Chicote' Calderón: un zorro convertido en chiva". TUDN (in Spanish).
- ^ "América 1-3 Necaxa: goles, resumen y videos". Goal.com (in Spanish). 5 March 2019.
- ^ a b "La Liga MX da a conocer el once ideal del Apertura 2019". Marca Claro México. 3 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Chicote Calderón Arrasó En La Estrella Récord Del Apertura 2019". Récord (in Spanish). 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Conoce a fondo a Cristian Calderón, cuarto refuerzo de Chivas". chivasdecorazon.com.mx (in Spanish). 11 December 2019.
- ^ Bourgeois, Blaise (11 December 2019). "Chivas officially announce the signing Cristian 'Chicote' Calderón". OneFootball.com.
- ^ Ceccato García, Eduardo (19 January 2020). "Aguantar a que toque tu turno: Calderón tras su debut". ChivasPasion.Bolavip.com (in Spanish).
- ^ Hernández, Jesús (21 January 2020). "Dorados sorprende y vence a Chivas en la ida de octavos de final de la Copa MX". Milenio (in Spanish).
- ^ "¡Chilena del Chicote! Golazo de Cristian Calderón con Chivas en Copa MX". MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish). 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Chivas, eliminado de la Copa MX a manos de Dorados". ESPNDeportes.com (in Spanish). 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Convocatoria Final de la SNM Sub 22 Para el Torneo Maurice Revello" (in Spanish). Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C. 23 May 2019.
- ^ "Con Jurado como figura en los penales, México se quedó con el Tercer Lugar en Toulon". MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish). 15 June 2019.
- ^ "Mexico v Trinidad & Tobago game report". ESPN. 2 October 2019.
- ^ Cristian Calderón at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
- Cristian Calderón at Soccerway
- Cristian Calderón at National-Football-Teams.com