Jesús Dueñas

Jesús Alberto Dueñas Manzo (born 16 March 1989) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and full-back for Liga MX club Tigres UANL.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Dueñas and the second or maternal family name is Manzo.
Jesús Dueñas
Dueñas lining up for Mexico in 2018
Personal information
Full name Jesús Alberto Dueñas Manzo
Date of birth (1989-03-16) 16 March 1989
Place of birth Zamora, Michoacán, Mexico
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder / Full-back
Club information
Current team
 Tigres UANL
Number 29
Youth career
2008–2012 Tigres UANL
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Petroleros de Salamanca 13 (0)
2011– Tigres UANL 327 (18)
National team‡
2009 Mexico U-20 3 (0)
2015– Mexico 25 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 November 2018

Club career

Jesus Dueñas was from Petroleros de Salamanca but later moved to Tigres UANL, the team with which he debuted.[1] Since 2014, Dueñas has become the starting central midfielder of Tigres. He played a key role in the Copa Libertadores 2015.

In the Apertura 2016 finals against Club América, the teams tied 1-1 in the first leg at Estadio Azteca. In the historical second leg, played for the first time on 25 December, the teams tied 0-0 and went to overtime at the Estadio Universitario. At 95' Edson Álvarez scored the 1-0 for América and at 119' Dueñas tied dramatically with a header after a cross from Jürgen Damm, and led the match to penalty shoot-out. Nahuel Guzmán stopped three shots and Tigres became the Apertura 2016 champions.

International career

In March 2015, Dueñas was called up to the Mexico national team by Miguel Herrera to compete in friendly matches against Ecuador and Paraguay. Dueñas played as starter in the 3-1 victory over Jamaica of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup finals at the Lincoln Financial Field of Philadelphia on July 26, 2015.

International goals
Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.[2]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 February 2016Marlins Park, Miami, United States Senegal1–02–0Friendly

Honours

Club
UANL

International
Mexico

Individual

References
  1. Jesús Dueñas – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish)
  2. "J. Dueñas". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  3. "TSG reveals Gold Cup Best XI". goldcup.org.
  4. Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League [@TheChampions] (2 May 2019). "Presenting the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League 2019 Team of the Tournament!" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 May 2019 – via Twitter.


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