Cristian Calderón
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cristian Yonathan Calderón Del Real[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 May 1997[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | América | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2013 | Nayarit | ||
| 2013–2014 | De los Altos | ||
| 2014–2016 | Atlas | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Atlas | 21 | (0) |
| 2019 | Necaxa | 36 | (10) |
| 2020–2023 | Guadalajara | 105 | (9) |
| 2020 | → Tapatío (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2024– | América | 12 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Mexico U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2019 | Mexico U23 | 4 | (0) |
| 2019 | Mexico | 4 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 February 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 January 2020 | |||
Cristian Yonathan Calderón Del Real (born 24 May 1997), also known as Chicote, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga MX club América.
Club career[edit]
Early career[edit]
Calderón participated in the youth teams of Coras de Nayarit FC and C.D. De los Altos before joining Altas FC's youth team.[2] He made his professional debut with Altas on 21 October 2015 against Club Tijuana in a Copa MX quarter-finals match, ultimately winning 5–4 in a penalty shoot-out after a 2–2 tie. He made his Liga MX debut on 7 May 2016 against Tijuana, finishing in a scoreless draw.[3] He became a starter for the first team in the 2018 Apertura.[3]
Necaxa[edit]
He was signed by Club Necaxa for the 2019 Clausura.[3] He made his debut for Necaxa on 5 March 2019, scoring his first goals as a brace against Club América, winning 3–1.[4] At the end of the 2019 Apertura, he was listed in the Best XI of the tournament.[5] According to a poll held by Mexican sports newspaper Récord, its readers voted Calderón as the best player of the tournament.[6]
Guadalajara[edit]
On 11 December 2019, Guadalajara reached an agreement to sign Calderón.[7][8] On 18 January 2020, he made his league debut with the club coming on as a substitute against Pachuca in a 0–0 tie.[9] Three days later, he would score his first goal with the club, scoring a stoppage-time header in a 2–1 loss against Dorados de Sinaloa during the first round-of-16 leg of the Copa MX.[10] A week later in the second leg, he would score a bicycle kick in a 1–0 victory,[11] helping send Guadalajara to a penalty shoot-out that was eventually lost.[12]
On 15 August 2020, Calderón scored the winning goal against Atlético San Luis in a 2–1 home victory, his first league goal with the club and giving newly appointed manager Victor Manuel Vucetich his first win with the club.[13] In November 2020, facing rivals Club América during the Guardianes championship quarter-finals, he scored three times, all long-range shots from outside of the box, in the span of two legs giving Guadalajara a 3–1 aggregate victory.[14][15]
Calderón got kicked out of the first team due to constant parties with sex workers and alcohol use.[14][15]
América[edit]
On 3 January 2024, Calderón joined Club América on a free transfer.[16]
International career[edit]
Youth[edit]
In May 2019, Calderón was called up by Jaime Lozano to participate in that year's Toulon Tournament.[17] In the third-place match against the Republic of Ireland, he would score during the penalty shoot-out, helping Mexico win 4–3.[18]
Senior[edit]
In September 2019, Calderón received his first call-up to the senior national team by Gerardo Martino and on 2 October 2019 in a friendly against Trinidad & Tobago, he made his debut. He started the game and was substituted at half-time.[19]
Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
- As of match played 21 February 2024[20]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Atlas | 2015–16 | Liga MX | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 2017–18 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 21 | 0 | 15 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 0 | ||||
| Necaxa | 2018–19 | Liga MX | 18 | 5 | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 19 | 5 | ||
| 2019–20 | 18 | 5 | — | — | — | 18 | 5 | |||||
| Total | 36 | 10 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 37 | 10 | ||||
| Guadalajara | 2019–20 | Liga MX | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 6 | 2 | ||
| 2020–21 | 26 | 4 | — | — | — | 26 | 4 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 27 | 4 | — | — | — | 27 | 4 | |||||
| 2022–23 | 33 | 1 | — | — | — | 33 | 1 | |||||
| 2023–24 | 15 | 0 | – | – | 2[b] | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 105 | 9 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | 109 | 11 | |||
| Tapatío (loan) | 2020–21 | Liga de Expansión MX | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
| América | 2023–24 | Liga MX | 8 | 0 | — | 4[c] | 1 | — | 12 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 173 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 197 | 22 | ||
- ^ Appearance in Supercopa MX
- ^ Appearances in Leagues Cup
- ^ Appearances in CONCACAF Champions Cup
International[edit]
- As of match played 19 November 2019[21]
| Mexico | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 0 |
Honours[edit]
Individual
- Liga MX Best XI: Apertura 2019[5]
- Récord Player of the Tournament: Apertura 2019[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Cristian Yonathan Calderón Del Real". LigaMX.net.
- ^ Rosas, Javier (3 December 2020). "'Chicote' Calderón, el jugador que nació retando a la disciplina". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish).
- ^ a b c Quiroga, Antonio (21 November 2019). "La evolución del 'Chicote' Calderón: un zorro convertido en chiva". TUDN (in Spanish).
- ^ "América 1-3 Necaxa: goles, resumen y videos". Goal.com (in Spanish). 5 March 2019.
- ^ a b "La Liga MX da a conocer el once ideal del Apertura 2019". Marca Claro México. 3 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Chicote Calderón Arrasó En La Estrella Récord Del Apertura 2019". Récord (in Spanish). 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Conoce a fondo a Cristian Calderón, cuarto refuerzo de Chivas". chivasdecorazon.com.mx (in Spanish). 11 December 2019.
- ^ Bourgeois, Blaise (11 December 2019). "Chivas officially announce the signing Cristian 'Chicote' Calderón". OneFootball.com.
- ^ Ceccato García, Eduardo (19 January 2020). "Aguantar a que toque tu turno: Calderón tras su debut". ChivasPasion.Bolavip.com (in Spanish).
- ^ Hernández, Jesús (21 January 2020). "Dorados sorprende y vence a Chivas en la ida de octavos de final de la Copa MX". Milenio (in Spanish).
- ^ "¡Chilena del Chicote! Golazo de Cristian Calderón con Chivas en Copa MX". MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish). 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Chivas, eliminado de la Copa MX a manos de Dorados". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Chivas consigue primera victoria en casa en el debut de Vucetich". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). 15 August 2020.
- ^ a b Marshall, Tom (30 November 2020). "Liga MX Guard1anes playoffs: Calderon, Chivas see off America to reach semis; is it Cruz Azul's year". ESPN.
- ^ a b Serrano, Rodrigo (30 November 2020). "'Chicote' Calderón - "I thought fuck it, whatever happens, happens"". AS.
- ^ "'Chicote' Calderón makes rare Chivas to Club América switch". Diario AS. 3 January 2024.
- ^ "Convocatoria Final de la SNM Sub 22 Para el Torneo Maurice Revello" (in Spanish). Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C. 23 May 2019.
- ^ "Con Jurado como figura en los penales, México se quedó con el Tercer Lugar en Toulon". MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish). 15 June 2019.
- ^ "Mexico v Trinidad & Tobago game report". ESPN. 2 October 2019.
- ^ Cristian Calderón at Soccerway
- ^ Cristian Calderón at National-Football-Teams.com
External links[edit]
- Cristian Calderón at Soccerway
- Cristian Calderón at National-Football-Teams.com