Enrique Esqueda

Enrique Esqueda
Personal information
Full name	Enrique Alejandro Esqueda Tirado
Date of birth	April 19, 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker, Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2011	América
2011–	Pachuca
2014	→ Atlas (loan)
2015	→ UANL (loan)
2016–	→ Veracruz (loan)
International career‡
2005	Mexico U-17
2007	Mexico U-20
2007–2011	Mexico U-23
2007–	Mexico
Medal record
Representing Mexico
Men's Football
Pan American Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 July 2016; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 June 2015

Enrique Alejandro Esqueda Tirado (born 19 April 1988 in Santiago de Querétaro) is a Mexican footballer, who plays as a striker. He has also been called up to the Mexico national team.

Club career

América

At club level, he made his debut for América on 4 February 2006 against Atlas. His debut in an international tournament came in 2007, when América participated in the Copa Sudamericana, where they finished runner-up. In 2009 América participated in the World Football Challenge, where he scored in the 2–1 win against AC Milan. In 2011 Esqueda scored against European clubs Manchester City in a 1–1 draw, and against Real Madrid in a 2–3 loss.

Pachuca, Atlas and Tigres UANL

On May 23, 2011, he was transferred to CF Pachuca. After several years of injuries and ups and downs with Pachuca, on 2014 he was loaned to Atlas de Guadalajara. Under the command of Tomas Boy, Esqueda scored three goals with Atlas. On 2015, he was transferred on loan to Tigres UANL. With Tigres, he scored a hat-trick in the Copa Libertadores 2015 victory of 5-4 over Juan Aurich on April 15, 2015. He scored the last goal of the 3-0 victory in the Clásico Regiomontano against arch-rival CF Monterrey on April 18. He scored the first goal of the 2-1 victory over Club Universitario in the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores 2015 in Bolivia.

International career

Esqueda was a part of the U-17 world champion team in Peru in 2005. He was also part of the U-20 team that represented Mexico at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, but was cut from the team at the last minute. He formed part of the U-23 team that was to represent Mexico at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He helped Mexico achieve a bronze medal, with him scoring four goals, becoming one of the top scorers of the tournament.

He was called up by the Mexico national team for a game against El Salvador. He scored his first goal on 14 October 2009 against Trinidad & Tobago in a 2–2 draw.

His most recent appearance was on 3 June 2015 in a friendly against Peru.

International goals


No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1.	14 October 2009	Hasley Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	1–1	2–2	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier

International appearances

As of 12 October 2010

International appearances
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition
1.	22 August 2007	Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, United States	Colombia	0–1	Friendly
2.	24 September 2008	Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States	Chile	0–1	Friendly
3.	30 September 2009	Cotton Bowl, Dallas, United States	Colombia	1–2	Friendly
4.	14 October 2009	Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	2–2	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.	11 August 2010	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Spain	1–1	Friendly
6.	4 September 2010	Estadio Omnilife, Zapopan, Mexico	Ecuador	1–2	Friendly
7.	7 September 2010	Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás, Mexico	Colombia	1–0	Friendly
8.	12 October 2010	Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico	Venezuela	2–2	Friendly
9.	3 June 2015	Estadio Nacional de Lima, Lima, Peru	Peru	1–1	Friendly