Alan Cervantes

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Alan Cervantes
Cervantes with Santos Laguna in 2023
Personal information
Full name Alan Josué Cervantes Martín del Campo[1]
Date of birth (1998-01-17) 17 January 1998 (age 26)[1]
Place of birth Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Santos Laguna
Number 6
Youth career
2013–2017 Guadalajara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Guadalajara 24 (1)
2017León (loan) 8 (0)
2020– Santos Laguna 142 (1)
International career
2015–2016 Mexico U17 7 (0)
2017–2018 Mexico U20 10 (0)
2018 Mexico U21 8 (0)
2021 Mexico U23 7 (0)
2021–2023 Mexico 5 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Mexico
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Runner-up 2021 United States Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 June 2023

Alan Josué Cervantes Martín del Campo (born 17 January 1998) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga MX club Santos Laguna.

Club career[edit]

Youth[edit]

Cervantes joined Guadalajara's youth academy in 2013. He continued through Chivas Youth Academy successfully going through U-15, U-17 and U-20 youth system.[2] Until being given the chance to join first division team Club León making his professional debut under Javier Torrente.[3]

León (loan)[edit]

Cervantes joined Leon on a one-year loan without purchase option. He made his professional debut coming in as a substitute against Atlas on 22 July 2017 ending in a 3–0 loss[4]

Guadalajara[edit]

Cervantes returned from his loan in December for the 2019 season.

International career[edit]

Youth[edit]

Cervantes captained all of the national team's matches in the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.

Cervantes was included in the under-21 roster that participated in the 2018 Toulon Tournament,[5] where Mexico would finish runners-up.

Cervantes participated at the 2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship, appearing in four matches, where Mexico won the competition.[6]

Senior[edit]

On 3 July 2021, Cervantes made his senior national team debut in a 4–0 victory against Nigeria, coming in as a substitute in the 81st minute for Érick Gutiérrez.[7]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of 9 March 2024[8]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Guadalajara 2017–18 Liga MX 2 0 1[a] 0 3 0
2018–19 9 1 4 0 1[b] 0 14 1
2019–20 13 0 3 0 16 0
Total 24 1 7 0 1 0 1 0 33 1
León (loan) 2017–18 Liga MX 8 0 4 0 12 0
Santos Laguna 2019–20 Liga MX 3 0 4 0 7 0
2020–21 41 0 1[c] 0 42 0
2021–22 32 0 2[a] 0 34 0
2022–23 36 0 36 0
2023–24 30 1 2[c] 0 32 1
Total 142 1 4 0 2 0 3 0 151 1
Career total 174 2 15 0 3 0 4 0 196 2
  1. ^ a b Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League
  2. ^ Appearance in FIFA Club World Cup
  3. ^ a b Appearances in Leagues Cup

International[edit]

As of match played 7 June 2023[9]
National team Year Apps Goals
Mexico 2021 4 0
2023 1 0
Total 5 0

Honours[edit]

Guadalajara

Mexico Youth

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018: List of Players: CD Guadalajara" (PDF). FIFA. 6 December 2018. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Cervantes product of Chivas" (in Spanish). Chivaspassion .com.mx. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Cervantes Mexican Promise". Daleleon .com.mx (in Spanish). Jorge Ramos Pérez. 2017-08-14. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Página Oficial de la Liga del Fútbol Profesional en México .: Bienvenido". Ligamx.net. 1998-01-17. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
  5. ^ "Revelan convocatoria del Tri Sub-21 para el torneo Esperanzas de Toulon". ESPN (in Spanish). 22 May 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  6. ^ "México derrotó a Honduras en penales y se alzó como campeón de Concacaf rumbo a Tokio". Infobae. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Mexico crush inexperienced Nigeria in final friendly before Gold Cup". www.fmfstateofmind.com. July 4, 2021.
  8. ^ Alan Cervantes at Soccerway
  9. ^ Alan Cervantes at National-Football-Teams.com
  10. ^ "¡CAMPEONES DE CONCACAF!". chivasdecorazon.com.mx. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

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