Eduardo Aguirre (footballer)

Eduardo Daniel Aguirre Lara (born 3 August 1998) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga MX club Santos Laguna.[2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Aguirre and the second or maternal family name is Lara.
Eduardo Aguirre
Personal information
Full name Eduardo Daniel Aguirre Lara[1]
Date of birth (1998-08-03) 3 August 1998[1]
Place of birth San Pedro, Coahuila, México
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Santos Laguna
Number 19
Youth career
2013–2017 Santos Laguna
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Santos Laguna 37 (4)
2017–2018 → Tampico (loan) 35 (3)
National team‡
2015 Mexico U17 9 (3)
2017 Mexico U20 9 (2)
2018 Mexico U21 8 (9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 October 2018

He represented Mexico in various youth levels, especially at the 2018 Toulon Tournament, representing the Mexico U21 team, where he was the top scorer with 7 goals.[3]

Club career

He started his youth career at Santos Laguna in 2013 and broke into the senior team in 2017. He subsequently joined Tampico on loan in 2017, where he would have his senior debut against Zacatepec on 22 July 2017, finishing with a 0–0 draw. On 14 February 2018, he would score his first senior goal against Universidad de Guadalajara in a 4–2 victory.[4]

On 16 February 2020, he scored his first goal against Tigres UANL in a 2–1 victory, managing to score both goals for his team.[5]

International career

Mexico U-17

He was part of the roster that participated in the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.[6] In the round-of-16 match against Chile, he would score Mexico's third goal at the 69th minute where the team won 4–1.[7]

Mexico U-21

He was part of the roster that participated at the 2018 Toulon Tournament.[8] He was the top scorer of the tournament with 7 goals.[9]

He was also part of the roster that participated at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.[10] He would score Mexico's 2 goals in the entire tournament, scoring a penalty in their 2–1 loss against Venezuela[11] and giving Mexico the lead against Haiti but eventually tying 1–1,[12] ending up as last in Group B with 1 point.[13]

Career statistics

Club
As of 4 November 2018[14]
Club Season League Cup Continental Others Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tampico 2017–18 Ascenso MX 23343——276
2018–19 12021——121
Total 353640000417
Career total 353640000417

Honours

Individual

References
  1. "Eduardo Daniel Aguirre Lara". Ligamx.net. FMF. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  2. "Eduardo Daniel Aguirre Lara". LigaMX.net. LIGA BBVA Bancomer MX. 1999-03-13. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  3. "England win third straight Toulon Tournament title after victory over Mexico". BBC Sport. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  4. "Estadística de Eduardo Daniel Aguirre Lara". Ascenso MX. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  5. "Eduardo Aguirre se destapó con doblete para que Santos domara a Tigres en Torreón". MedioTiempo.com. 16 February 2020.
  6. "Se reveló lista del Tri para Mundial Sub-17". MedioTiempo. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  7. "FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile Mexico Chile 4-1". FIFA.com. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  8. "Revelan convocatoria del Tri Sub-21 para el torneo Esperanzas de Toulon". ESPN Deportes. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  9. "England win third straight Toulon Tournament title after victory over Mexico". BBC Sport. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  10. "Convocatoria oficial para los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Barranquilla 2018". Miseleccion.mx. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  11. "MEX - VEN 1:2 (1:0)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  12. "HAI - MEX 1:1 (1:1)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  13. "México vs Haití: El Tri Sub-21 se despide de Barranquilla 2018". Marca. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  14. "Mexico - E. Aguirre - career statistics - Soccerway".
  15. "England win third straight Toulon Tournament title after victory over Mexico". BBC Sport. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  16. "L'équipe type du Festival International Espoirs 2018" (in French). Toulon Tournament. 11 June 2018.
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