Alexis Vega
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ernesto Alexis Vega Rojas[1] | ||
| Date of birth | November 25, 1997[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Toluca | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Toluca | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016– | Toluca | 51 | (9) |
| National team | |||
| 2016– | Mexico U20 | 0 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:55, 11 October 2018 (UTC) | |||
Ernesto Alexis Vega Rojas (born 25 November 1997, in Mexico City) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Deportivo Toluca in the Liga MX.[2]
Club career
Toluca
Vega began his football career with the Deportivo Toluca reserves in 2015. He made his senior team debut at 18 years old under coach José Saturnino Cardozo on 27 February 2016 as a 68' substitute for Christian Cueva in a home league match against Pachuca in the Nemesio Díez Stadium. On 2 March 2016 he made his debut in the 2016 Copa Bridgestone Libertadores against San Lorenzo in a group-stage match in the Estadio Pedro Bidegain in Argentina coming on as a 85' substitute for Enrique Triverio. On 5 April he scored his first professional goal for Toluca in the Copa Libertadores against LDU de Quito, the game ended 2-1 and Toluca qualified to the Round of 16.
On April 16, Vega score his first two goals in the Liga MX at minutes 2' and 41' against Veracruz. On April 26, he was sent off for the first time in his short career at minute 87' after a brutal slide from behind on Rodrigo Caio from São Paulo in a Copa Libertadores Round of 16 match played in the Estádio do Morumbi which ended 4-0 to the Brasileirão team.
He was registered with Deportivo Toluca's first squad for the 2016–17 Liga MX season, and was assigned number 9. On November 15, Vega suffered a Anterior cruciate ligament injury that would keep him off the fields for the next 6 months, having him miss the Clausura 2017 tournament. On 28 June 2017, he had a right-knee-surgery that would prevent him from training and playing for the next 6 weeks.
On September 30, Vega returned to the fields and made his debut in the Apertura 2017 as a 45-minute-substitute after being inactive for more than a year. In October 11, Alexis scored his first goal in the Liga MX after 376 days of his last one before his injury, as a result Toluca defeated Lobos BUAP 3-1 with Vega scoring the 3rd goal for the red devils at the 64' minute.
International career
Youth
In 2016, Vega was first called up to join Mexico's U20 squad.
Mexico national team
On 2 October 2018, he was called up by Mexico interim manager Ricardo Ferretti for the October friendlies against Costa Rica and Chile.[3]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 29 September 2018.
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Libertadores | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Toluca | 2015–16 | Liga MX | 10 | 2 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 15 | 3 | ||
| 2016–17 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 2 | — | — | 24 | 5 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 50 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 67 | 12 | ||
| Career total | 50 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 67 | 12 | ||
External links
- Alexis Vega at Soccerway
References
- 1 2 3 "Ernesto Alexis Vega Rojas". Ligamx.net. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ↑ Ernesto Vega Liga MX Profile
- ↑ Martínez, Enrique (2 October 2018). "¡Gudiño al Tri! Chivas y el regreso de europeos protagonizarán lista". Medio Tiempo. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ↑ Ernesto Vega Stats