Alejandro Mayorga

Manuel Alejandro Mayorga Almaráz (born 29 May 1997) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga MX club Guadalajara.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mayorga and the second or maternal family name is Almaráz.
Alejandro Mayorga
Personal information
Full name Manuel Alejandro Mayorga Almaráz[1]
Date of birth (1997-05-29) 29 May 1997[1]
Place of birth Durango, Durango, Mexico
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Club information
Current team
 Guadalajara
Youth career
2011–2017 Guadalajara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Guadalajara 13 (0)
2018 → Necaxa (loan) 11 (0)
2019–2020 → UNAM (loan) 29 (1)
National team
2017 Mexico U20 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Mayorga joined C.D. Guadalajara's youth academy in 2011. He made his Liga MX debut under manager Matías Almeyda on 5 August 2017 in a 2–2 draw against Club Necaxa.[2]

Making three appearances and scoring one goal in the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League in which Guadalajara won,[3] he was included in the tournament's Best XI.[4]

In June 2018, he joined Necaxa on loan for the 2018 Apertura.[5]

In December 2019, he joined Club Universidad Nacional on loan for 2020.[6] On 12 January 2020, he made his debut against C.F. Pachuca in a 2–1 win. On 30 August, he scored his first goal with the team against Club Tijuana in a 3–0 victory.[7] Following an impressive Guardianes 2020 performance in which Pumas U.N.A.M. managed to reach the championship final, Mayorga returned to Guadalajara.[8]

International career

Mexico U-20

Mayorga was called up by Marco Antonio Ruiz for the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[9] Mayorga started in all of the national team's matches in the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.

Mexico national team

Mayorga and Edson Álvarez were given the opportunity by Juan Carlos Osorio to be supporting practice squad players with the senior national team that participated at the 2017 Confederations Cup.[10] At the conclusion of the tournament, he got his first call up to the senior national side in the preliminary list for the subsequent Gold Cup, all before his Liga MX debut.[11] He eventually made it to the official 23-man list.

Honours

Club
Guadalajara
Necaxa

Individual

References
  1. "Manuel Alejandro Mayorga Almaráz". Ligabancomer.mx. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  2. "Conoce a… Alejandro Mayorga". chivasdecorazon.com.mx. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  3. "Chivas Win CONCACAF Champions League". BeinSport.com. April 25, 2018.
  4. "2018 SCCL - Best XI". CONCACAF. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  5. "Alex Mayorga a préstamo con Necaxa". Nación Deportes (in Spanish). June 6, 2018.
  6. "Pumas acquire Alejandro Mayorga from Chivas". FMFStateOfMind.com. December 21, 2019.
  7. Carrara, Germán. "Alejandro Mayorga se despidió de Pumas con un sentido mensaje para la afición". DalePumas.BolaVIP.com (in Spanish).
  8. "Alejandro Mayorga regresa a Chivas". Goal.com (in Spanish). December 20, 2020.
  9. "Convocatoria de la Selección Nacional de México Sub-20". Miseleccion.mx. FMF. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  10. "Edson Álvarez y Alejandro Mayorga, 'invitados' de Osorio a Confederaciones". mediotiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  11. "Convocatoria preliminar para Copa Oro 2017". miseleccion.mx. June 7, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  12. Martínez, Alejandro (July 15, 2018). "Necaxa campeón de la Super Copa MX 2018 ante Monterrey". AS (in Spanish).
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