Cristian Calderón


Cristian Yonathan Calderón Del Real is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga MX club Guadalajara.

Club

Atlas

He made his debut with Atlas on 7 May 2016 against Tijuana. He became a starter for the first team in the 2018 Apertura.

Necaxa

He was signed by Necaxa for the 2019 Clausura. He made his debut for Necaxa on 5 March 2019, scoring his first goals as a brace against América, winning 3–1. At the end of the 2019 Apertura, he was listed in the Best XI of the tournament. According to a poll held by Mexican sports newspaper Récord, its readers voted Calderón as the best player of the tournament.

Guadalajara

On 11 December 2019, it was announced that Guadalajara signed Calderón. On 18 January 2020, he made his debut coming on as a substitute against Pachuca in a 0–0 tie. Three days later, he would score his first goal with Chivas, scoring a stoppage-time header in a 2–1 loss against Dorados de Sinaloa during the first round-of-16 leg of the 2019–20 Copa MX. A week later in the second leg, he would score a bicycle kick in a 1–0 victory, helping send Guadalajara to a penalty shoot-out that was eventually lost.

International

Mexico U-22

In May 2019, he was called up by Jaime Lozano to participate in that year's Toulon Tournament. In the third-place match against the Republic of Ireland, he would score during the penalty shoot-out, helping Mexico win 4–3.

Mexico national team

He made his Mexico national football team debut on 2 October 2019 in a friendly against Trinidad & Tobago. He started the game and was substituted at half-time.

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