Alexis Vega (Mexican footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ernesto Alexis Vega Rojas | ||
| Date of birth | November 25, 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Cuauhtémoc, D.F., Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Toluca | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2016 | Toluca | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016– | Toluca | 17 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2016 | |||
Ernesto Alexis Vega Rojas (born 25 November 1997, in Cuauhtémoc, D.F.) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Deportivo Toluca in the Liga MX.[1]
Club career
Toluca
Vega began his football career with the Deportivo Toluca reserves in 2015. He made his senior team debut at 18 years old under coach José Saturnino Cardozo on 27 February 2016 as a 68' substitute for Christian Cueva in a home league match against Pachuca in the Nemesio Díez Stadium. On 2 March 2016 he made his debut in the 2016 Copa Bridgestone Libertadores against San Lorenzo in a group-stage match in the Estadio Pedro Bidegain in Argentina coming on as a 85' substitute for Enrique Triverio. On 5 April he scored his first professional goal for Toluca in the Copa Libertadores against LDU de Quito, the game ended 2-1 and Toluca qualified to the Round of 16.
On April 16, Vega score his first two goals in the Liga MX at minutes 2' and 41' against Veracruz. On April 26, he was sent off for the first time in his short career at minute 87' after a brutal slide from behind on Rodrigo Caio from São Paulo in a Copa Libertadores Round of 16 match played in the Estádio do Morumbi which ended 4-0 to the Brasileirão team.
He was registered with Deportivo Toluca's first squad for the 2016–17 Liga MX season, and was assigned number 9.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 19 August 2016.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Mexico | League | Copa MX | North America | South America | Total | |||||||
| Toluca | 2015–16 | Liga MX | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | 15 | 3 | |
| Total | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | 15 | 3 | |||
| Toluca | 2016–17 | Liga MX | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
| Total | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | 27 | 4 | |||
External links
- Alexis Vega at Soccerway