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DeutschJavier Cortés
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| Full name | Javier Cortés Granados | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 20 July 1989 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mexico City, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | UNAM | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | Pumas Morelos[1] | 49 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2017 | UNAM | 244 | (25) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Santos Laguna | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | → Atlético San Luis (loan) | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 222 | (38) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Mexico U20 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Mexico U23 | 16 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Mexico | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Javier Cortés Granados (born 20 July 1989) is a former Mexican professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is an Olympic gold medalist.[2]
Club career
[edit]Javier Cortés began his playing in the Segunda División for Prepa Pumas in Apertura 2007 season. He quickly move to Pumas' second team, Pumas Morelos in the same Apertura 2007 season. He made his Primera División debut for Pumas UNAM first team on 24 August 2008 in a match against Pachuca.[3]
International career
[edit]He was in the Mexico national football team in the gold medal match at the 2012 Summer Olympics when Mexico defeated Brazil, 2–1.[4]
Cortés has capped twice for the Mexico national team.[5]
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]- As of match played 17 April 2013[6]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Mexico | 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit]UNAM
Santos Laguna
Mexico U23
References
[edit]- ^ Javier Cortés Granados – Ficha Jugador
- ^ "Olympics football: Mexico shock Brazil to win gold". BBC Sport. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ Javier Cortés Granados – Ficha Jugador
- ^ "Olympics football: Mexico shock Brazil to win gold". BBC Sport. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ * Javier Cortés at Olympics.com; Javier Cortés at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- ^ Javier Cortés at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Mexico wins olympic qualifying tournament; Mexico U-23 2, Honduras U-23 1". 3 April 2012.
External links
[edit]- Javier Cortés at Liga MX (archive) (in Spanish)
- Javier Cortés – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
- Javier Cortés on Twitter
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