Alejandro Mayorga
{{short description|Mexican footballer (born 1997)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{family name hatnote|Mayorga|Almaraz|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Alejandro Mayorga
| image =
| fullname = Manuel Alejandro Mayorga Almaraz{{cite web|title=Manuel Alejandro Mayorga Almaraz|url=http://www.ligabancomer.mx/cancha/jugador/99200/manuel-alejandro-mayorga-almaraz|website=Ligabancomer.mx|access-date=4 October 2018}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|5|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = Durango, Mexico
| height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| position = Left-back
| currentclub = Necaxa
| clubnumber = 5
| youthyears1 = 2011–2017
| youthclubs1 = Guadalajara
| years1 = 2017–2023
| clubs1 = Guadalajara
| caps1 = 55
| goals1 = 5
| years2 = 2018
| clubs2 = → Necaxa (loan)
| caps2 = 11
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2019–2020
| clubs3 = → UNAM (loan)
| caps3 = 29
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2022
| clubs4 = → Cruz Azul (loan)
| caps4 = 19
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2024–
| clubs5 = Necaxa
| caps5 = 35
| goals5 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2015
| nationalteam1 = Mexico U18
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2017
| nationalteam2 = Mexico U20
| nationalcaps2 = 6
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2021
| nationalteam3 = Mexico U23
| nationalcaps3 = 5
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| club-update = 3 April 2025
| nationalteam-update = 8 June 2021
}}
Manuel Alejandro Mayorga Almaraz (born 29 May 1997) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga MX club Necaxa.
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.{{cite news |url=http://www.chivasdecorazon.com.mx/noticias/28734/Conoce-a-Alejandro-Mayorga.- |title=Conoce a… Alejandro Mayorga |publisher=chivasdecorazon.com.mx |access-date=June 7, 2017}}
Making three appearances and scoring one goal in the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League in which Guadalajara won,{{cite web|title=Chivas Win CONCACAF Champions League|url=https://www.beinsports.com/us/liga-mx/news/chivas-win-concacaf-champions-league/855746|work=BeinSport.com|date=25 April 2018}} he was included in the tournament's Best XI.{{cite web|title=2018 SCCL - Best XI|url=https://www.concacafchampionsleague.com/en/article/2018-sccl-best-xi|website=CONCACAF|access-date=April 26, 2017|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140446/https://www.concacafchampionsleague.com/en/article/2018-sccl-best-xi|url-status=dead}}
In June 2018, he joined Necaxa on loan for the 2018 Apertura.{{cite web|title=Alex Mayorga a préstamo con Necaxa|url=https://naciondeportes.com/timeline/alex-mayorga-a-prestamo-con-necaxa/|work=Nación Deportes|language=es|date=6 June 2018}}
In December 2019, he joined Club Universidad Nacional on loan for 2020.{{cite web|title=Pumas acquire Alejandro Mayorga from Chivas|url=https://www.fmfstateofmind.com/2019/12/21/21032998/unam-pumas-acquire-alejandro-mayorga-from-chivas-de-guadalajara|date=21 December 2019|website=FMFStateOfMind.com}} 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.{{cite web|title=Alejandro Mayorga se despidió de Pumas con un sentido mensaje para la afición|url=https://dalepumas.bolavip.com/noticias/Alejandro-Mayorga-despidio-aficion-Pumas-UNAM-20201221-0001.html|website=DalePumas.BolaVIP.com|language=es|first= Germán|last=Carrara|date=December 21, 2020 }} Following an impressive Guardianes 2020 performance, in which Pumas U.N.A.M. managed to reach the championship final, Mayorga returned to Guadalajara.{{cite web|title=Alejandro Mayorga regresa a Chivas|url=https://www.goal.com/es-mx/noticias/alejandro-mayorga-regresara-chivas/am2qiv7ghurn1hmq97aic66f6|website=Goal.com|language=es|date=20 December 2020}}
On 5 January 2022, Mayorga joined Cruz Azul on an one-year loan, with an option to join the club permanently.{{Cite web |last=Molina |first=Geraldine |date=2022-01-04 |title=Otro más: Cruz Azul oficializa el fichaje de Alejandro Mayorga para el Clausura 2022 |url=https://vamoscruzazul.bolavip.com/noticias/Mercado-Cruz-Azul-confirma-el-fichaje-de-Alejandro-Mayorga-para-el-Clausura-2022-20220104-0009.html |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=Vamos Azul |language=es-MX}} He returned to Guadalajara at the end on his loan.{{Cite web |last=Yu |first=Kevin R. |date=2023-01-03 |title=Chivas tendrá dos bajas más para el Clausura 2023: Paolo Yrizar y Toño Rodríguez |url=https://www.tudn.com/futbol/liga-mx/chivas-tendra-dos-bajas-mas-para-clausura-2023-tono-rodriguez-paolo-yrizar |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=TUDN.com |language=es}} In April 2023, he reached 100 games played with Chivas.{{Cite web |last=Mayorga |first=Alejandro |date=2023-04-12 |title=Muy orgulloso y agradecido con el camino que recorro junto a @chivas 🔴⚪️ |url=https://www.instagram.com/amayorga97/p/Cq9Z6yksszi/?img_index=1 |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=www.instagram.com}}
On 10 January 2024, Mayorga permanently joined Necaxa.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-30 |title=Alejandro Mayorga regresa al equipo de Aguascalientes. |url=https://www.clubnecaxa.mx/noticias/3269/Alejandro-Mayorga-regresa-al-equipo-de-Aguascalientes |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=www.clubnecaxa.mx |language=en}}
International career
=Youth=
Mayorga was called up by Marco Antonio Ruiz for the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.{{cite web|title=Convocatoria de la Selección Nacional de México Sub-20|url=https://miseleccion.mx/convocatoria-la-seleccion-nacional-mexico-sub-20/|website=Miseleccion.mx|publisher=FMF|access-date=30 October 2018}}
Mayorga started in all of the national team's matches in the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.
Mayorga participated at the 2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship, appearing in four matches, where Mexico won the competition.{{cite web |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/deportes/2021/03/31/mexico-vs-honduras-minuto-a-minuto-del-partido-con-el-que-el-tri-busca-su-tercer-titulo-preolimpico-consecutivo/ |title=México derrotó a Honduras en penales y se alzó como campeón de Concacaf rumbo a Tokio |publisher=Infobae |access-date=30 March 2021}}
=Senior=
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.{{cite web |title=Edson Álvarez y Alejandro Mayorga, 'invitados' de Osorio a Confederaciones |url=http://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/2017/06/09/edson-alvarez-y-alejandro-mayorga-invitados-de-osorio-a-confederaciones |work=mediotiempo |language=es |access-date=June 19, 2017}} 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.{{cite news |title=Convocatoria preliminar para Copa Oro 2017 |url=https://miseleccion.mx/convocatoria-preliminar-copa-oro-2017/ |access-date=June 7, 2017 |publisher=miseleccion.mx |date=June 7, 2017}} He eventually made it to the official 23-man list.
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 3 April 2025}}{{soccerway|manuel-alejandro-mayorga-almaraz/474018}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="8"|Guadalajara
|rowspan="7"|Liga MX |4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3{{efn|name=CCL|Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League}} | 1 | colspan=2|— | 11 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19
|3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20
|4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 6 | 1 | |||
| |2020–21
|10 | 2 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 10 | 2 | ||||
| |2021–22
|14 | 2 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 14 | 2 | ||||
| |2022–23
|13 | 1 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 13 | 1 | ||||
| |2023–24
|7 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 7 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2" |Total
!55 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | colspan=2|— | 68 | 7 | ||
| Necaxa (loan)
|Liga MX |11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 14 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="3"|UNAM (loan)
|rowspan="2"|Liga MX |10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 12 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21
|19 | 1 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 1 | ||||
| colspan="2" |Total
!29 | 1 | 2 | 1 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 31 | 2 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Cruz Azul (loan)
|rowspan="2"|Liga MX |14 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 3{{efn|name=CCL}} | 0 | 1{{efn|name=SMX|Appearance in Supercopa de la Liga MX}} | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23
|5 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2" |Total
!19 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="3" |Necaxa
| rowspan="2" |Liga MX |8 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |8 |0 | ||||||||||
| 2024–25
|27 |0 | colspan="2" |— |2{{Efn|Appearances in Leagues Cup}} |0 | colspan="2" |— |29 |0 | ||||||||||
| colspan="2" |Total
!35 !0 ! colspan="2" |— !2 !0 ! colspan="2" |— !37 !0 | ||||||||||
| colspan="3" |Career total
!149 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 173 | 9 |
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Honours
Guadalajara
Necaxa
- Supercopa MX: 2018{{cite web|title=Necaxa campeón de la Super Copa MX 2018 ante Monterrey|url=https://mexico.as.com/mexico/2018/07/16/futbol/1531701086_644235.html|work=AS|first=Alejandro|last=Martínez|language=es|date=15 July 2018}}
Cruz Azul
Mexico U23
Individual
- CONCACAF Champions League Best XI: 2018
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Liga MX player|99200/manuel-alejandro-mayorga-almaraz|Manuel Alejandro Mayorga Almaráz}}
- {{Soccerway|manuel-alejandro-mayorga-almaraz/474018|M. Mayorga (Manuel Alejandro Mayorga Almaráz)}}
{{Club Necaxa squad}}
{{Mexico squad 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mayorga, Alejandro}}
Category:Mexican men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Durango
Category:Mexico men's under-20 international footballers
Category:Mexico men's youth international footballers
Category:C.D. Guadalajara footballers
Category:Club Necaxa footballers
Category:Club Universidad Nacional footballers
Category:2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
Category:Men's association football fullbacks