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Gibrán Lajud

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Gibrán Lajud
Personal information
Full name Manuel Gibrán Lajud Bojalil[1]
Date of birth (1993-12-25) 25 December 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Mexico City, Mexico
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Cruz Azul
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Cruz Azul 0 (0)
2014–2015Tijuana (loan) 1 (0)
2015–2020 Tijuana 125 (0)
2020–2024 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
Men's football
Representing  Mexico
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

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Early career

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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

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Lajud joined Tijuana on loan for the 2014–15 season.[3] 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.

Santos Laguna

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On 10 July 2020, Lajud joined Santos Laguna.[4]

International career

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Mexico

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Lajud was called up to the senior Mexico squad for a friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina in January 2018.[5] 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.[6]

Lebanon

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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.[7]

Personal life

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Lajud is of Lebanese descent.[8] He received his Lebanese passport on 6 November 2021.[9]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 1 February 2024[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tijuana (loan) 2014–15 Liga MX 1 0 12 0 13 0
Tijuana 2015–16 Liga MX 4 0 14 0 18 0
2016–17 21 0 4 0 25 0
2017–18 38 0 1 0 4[a] 0 43 0
2018–19 35 0 3 0 38 0
2019–20 27 0 0 0 1[b] 0 28 0
Total 125 0 22 0 5 0 152 0
Santos Laguna 2021–22 Liga MX 8 0 2 0 10 0
2022–23 2 0 2 0
2023–24 9 0 2 0 11 0
Total 19 0 4 0 23 0
Career total 145 0 34 0 9 0 175 0
  1. ^ Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League
  2. ^ Appearances in Leagues Cup

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[11]
National team Year Apps Goals
Mexico 2018 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

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Mexico Youth

Individual

References

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  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. ^ "Todos los fichajes del Draft Apertura 2014 de la Liga MX | TUDN Liga MX | TUDN". www.tudn.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  4. ^ Editorial (7 October 2020). "Gibrán Lajud, nuevo arquero de Santos Laguna". Mediotiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Mexico vs Bosnia and Herzegovina". ESPN. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Mexico vs. Costa Rica - Football Match Report - October 11, 2018 - ESPN".
  7. ^ "Gibran Lajud could play the World Cup with Lebanon". Today in 24 English. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  8. ^ Said Rodriguez (14 June 2014). "Refuerzo Xolos - Manuel Gibran Lajud de Cruz Azu" (in Spanish). San Diego Red. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  9. ^ Gibran Lajud [@gibranlajud] (6 November 2021). "Con mucho orgullo les comparto que he recibido mi pasaporte Libanes" – via Instagram.
  10. ^ Gibrán Lajud at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Gibrán Lajud". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
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