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Cristian Calderón

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Cristian Calderón
Personal information
Full name Cristian Yonathan Calderón Del Real[1]
Date of birth (1997-05-24) 24 May 1997 (age 27)[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 33 (0)
2019 Necaxa 36 (10)
2020–2023 Guadalajara 105 (9)
2020Tapatío (loan) 3 (0)
2024– América 41 (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 8 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 January 2020

Cristian Yonathan Calderón Del Real (born 24 May 1997), commonly known as "Chicote Calderón", is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga MX club América.

Club career

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Early career

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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

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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

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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]

América

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On 3 January 2024, Calderón joined Club América on a free transfer.[16]

International career

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Youth

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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

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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

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Club

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As of match played 26 May 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 20 0 6[c] 1 26 1
2024–25 0 0 0 0
Total 20 0 6 1 26 1
Career total 185 19 17 2 6 1 3 0 211 22
  1. ^ Appearance in Supercopa MX
  2. ^ Appearances in Leagues Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in CONCACAF Champions Cup

International

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As of match played 19 November 2019[21]
Mexico
Year Apps Goals
2019 4 0
Total 4 0

Honours

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América

Individual

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Cristian Yonathan Calderón Del Real". LigaMX.net.
  2. ^ Rosas, Javier (3 December 2020). "'Chicote' Calderón, el jugador que nació retando a la disciplina". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish).
  3. ^ a b c Quiroga, Antonio (21 November 2019). "La evolución del 'Chicote' Calderón: un zorro convertido en chiva". TUDN (in Spanish).
  4. ^ "América 1-3 Necaxa: goles, resumen y videos". Goal.com (in Spanish). 5 March 2019.
  5. ^ a b "La Liga MX da a conocer el once ideal del Apertura 2019". Marca Claro México. 3 January 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Chicote Calderón Arrasó En La Estrella Récord Del Apertura 2019". Récord (in Spanish). 3 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Conoce a fondo a Cristian Calderón, cuarto refuerzo de Chivas". chivasdecorazon.com.mx (in Spanish). 11 December 2019.
  8. ^ Bourgeois, Blaise (11 December 2019). "Chivas officially announce the signing Cristian 'Chicote' Calderón". OneFootball.com.
  9. ^ Ceccato García, Eduardo (19 January 2020). "Aguantar a que toque tu turno: Calderón tras su debut". ChivasPasion.Bolavip.com (in Spanish).
  10. ^ 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).
  11. ^ "¡Chilena del Chicote! Golazo de Cristian Calderón con Chivas en Copa MX". MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish). 28 January 2020.
  12. ^ "Chivas, eliminado de la Copa MX a manos de Dorados". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). 28 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Chivas consigue primera victoria en casa en el debut de Vucetich". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). 15 August 2020.
  14. ^ Marshall, Tom (30 November 2020). "Liga MX Guard1anes playoffs: Calderon, Chivas see off America to reach semis; is it Cruz Azul's year". ESPN.
  15. ^ Serrano, Rodrigo (30 November 2020). "'Chicote' Calderón - "I thought fuck it, whatever happens, happens"". AS.
  16. ^ "'Chicote' Calderón makes rare Chivas to Club América switch". Diario AS. 3 January 2024.
  17. ^ "Convocatoria Final de la SNM Sub 22 Para el Torneo Maurice Revello" (in Spanish). Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C. 23 May 2019.
  18. ^ "Con Jurado como figura en los penales, México se quedó con el Tercer Lugar en Toulon". MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish). 15 June 2019.
  19. ^ "Mexico v Trinidad & Tobago game report". ESPN. 2 October 2019.
  20. ^ Cristian Calderón at Soccerway
  21. ^ Cristian Calderón at National-Football-Teams.com
  22. ^ Hernandez, Cesar (27 May 2024). "América secure back-to-back Liga MX titles with win over Cruz Azul". ESPN. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
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