Jesús Manuel Corona

Jesús Manuel Corona
Corona playing with Monterrey in 2012
Personal information
Full name Jesús Manuel Corona Ruíz
Date of birth (1993-01-06) 6 January 1993
Place of birth Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Porto
Number 17
Youth career
2008–2010 Monterrey
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Monterrey 37 (2)
2013–2015 FC Twente 46 (11)
2013–2015 Jong FC Twente 5 (2)
2015– Porto 85 (15)
National team‡
2011–2013 Mexico U20 15 (5)
2014– Mexico 38 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 August 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 June 2018

Jesús Manuel Corona Ruíz (American Spanish: [xesuzmaˈnwel koˈɾona ˈrwis];[lower-alpha 1] born 6 January 1993) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Portuguese club Porto and the Mexico national team.

Starting his career with Monterrey in 2010, he would make his move abroad to Dutch club FC Twente. During his time with FC Twente, he would also participate with its reserve team, Jong FC Twente. In 2015, he would join Porto.

Club career

Monterrey

Corona began his football career with Monterrey, where he was spotted by experienced club scout Alejandro Niemeijer, according to people familiar with the club. He made his senior team debut at 17 years old under coach Víctor Manuel Vucetich on 7 August 2010 as a starter in an away league match against Atlante in a 2–1 victory for Monterrey.[2]

Corona scored his first goal for Monterrey on 7 October 2011 in an away match against Estudiantes, with the game ending in a 3–2 victory for Monterrey.[3] Corona also scored his first goal for Monterrey in their presentation at the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup against Ulsan Hyundai on 9 December, with an assist from Aldo de Nigris in the 3–1 victory.[4] In the match for third place against Al Ahly on 16 December, Corona scored in the third minute of the match, which ended in a 2–0 victory for Monterrey.[5] Though he began his career at Monterrey as a forward, he was eventually deployed mostly as a winger by Vucetich.

Twente

On 22 August 2013, it was announced that Corona was transferred to Dutch side F.C. Twente, for whom he signed a four-year contract.[6] He started the 2014 season with F.C. Twente's reserve team, which plays in the Second Division, scoring 2 goals on 18 August. On 13 September 2014, Corona returned from injury and a stint with the reserve team to start his first game with Twente in the 2014-15 season and went on to record an assist and a goal against Go Ahead Eagles in a 2-1 victory for Twente, the club's first victory of the 2014-15 Season.

Porto

On 31 August 2015, Twente announced the transfer of Corona to Portuguese club Porto on a four-year deal for €10.5 million, with a €50 million buy-out clause.[7][8]

On 12 September, Corona scored two goals on his official debut in the 3–1 victory over FC Arouca. On 25 September, Corona scored his third goal playing against Moreirense giving Porto the 2-1 lead, the match resulted in 2-2 draw. On 4 October, Corona scored Porto's first goal against Belenenses in a match that ended in a 4-0 win over the Lisbon team.[9]

International career

Mexico U20

Jesús Corona participated in the 2011 Milk Cup and 2012 Milk Cup with the Mexico U-20 team. In the 2012 edition of the Milk Cup, Mexico won the final against Denmark.[10][11] Corona was called up by coach Sergio Almaguer to participate in the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship hosted in Mexico. Jesús played four out of five matches and scored three goals. In the final against the United States U-20 team, Corona scored in the fourth minute of the match, and helped Mexico win the championship. Corona was selected again by Almaguer to participate in the 2013 Toulon Tournament, with Corona playing in every single match. Mexico were placed sixth in the tournament. Corona was a squad member at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup hosted in Turkey.

Mexico national team

Corona made his debut with the Mexico national team on 12 November 2014 in the friendly against the Netherlands, coming on in the 61st minute and providing the assist for Carlos Vela in scoring Mexico's second goal in the 3–2 win over the Netherlands.[12]

Corona was a member of Mexico's 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup winning squad, scoring his first competitive international goal in the 3–1 win over Jamaica in the final in Philadelphia.[13] He also received the Bright Future award.[14]

In 2016, Corona participated with Mexico at the Copa América Centenario. He featured in all three of Mexico's group games, providing an assist in the 2-0 win over Jamaica[15] and scored in the 1-1 draw against Venezuela.[16]

In May 2018 he was named in Mexico’s preliminary 28-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia[17], an in June, he was named in Mexico's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[18] He would appear as a substitute in the group stage matches 2–1 win against South Korea and 3–0 loss against Sweden.

Style of play

His speed and dribbling skills make of him a very elusive footballer who provides depth to the team, which results in goal opportunities. He is used to playing on both flanks and his fine touch allows him to shoot from outside the box or pass the ball to his teammates when they have better scoring opportunities.[19]

The Guardian has described him as having "the ability to destroy defences with his dribbling skills and shooting accuracy."[20]

Personal life

Nickname

During his early years at Monterrey, Corona was given the nickname "Tecatito" in reference to the beer company, as his surname is also the name of a beer company, which is considered a competitor to the Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery company, which owns Tecate, and was a club sponsor, with the logo of the subsidiary Carta Blanca being present on the kits. During the club's participation at the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup, with Carta Blanca as the sole kit sponsor, the name 'Corona' was not displayed, instead 'Jesús C.' was shown .[21]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 11 August 2018[22]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other1 Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Monterrey 2010–11 10——200030
2011–12 101——3132164
2012–13 261——9200353
Total 372——14332547
Twente 2013–14 15210———162
2014–15 27942—00—3111
2015–16 4000———40
Total 461152—00—5113
Jong FC Twente 2013–14 30—30
2014–15 22—22
Total 52—52
Porto 2015–16 288102040—358
2016–17 293002092—405
2017–18 273303080—413
2018–19 111[lower-alpha 2]10000—22
Total 85155170212—11718
Career total 17330103703553222840

International

As of 27 June 2018[23]
Mexico
YearAppsGoals
201420
2015163
201683
201761
201860
Total387

International goals

Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.[24]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.30 May 2015Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico Guatemala3–03–0Friendly
2.26 July 2015Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, United States Jamaica2–03–12015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
3.17 November 2015Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras Honduras1–02–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.25 March 2016BC Place, Vancouver, Canada Canada3–03–0
5.29 March 2016Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico Canada2–02–0
6.13 June 2016NRG Stadium, Houston, United States Venezuela1–11–1Copa América Centenario
7.1 June 2017MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, United States Republic of Ireland1–03–1Friendly

Honours

Club

Monterrey
Porto

International

Mexico

Individual

Notes

  1. ↑ In isolation, Jesús and Manuel are pronounced [xeˈsus] and [maˈnwel] respectively.
  2. ↑ Includes 2018 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

References

  1. ↑ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Atlante 1–2 Monterrey – mediotiempo.com Archived 2 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Estudiantes 2 – 3 Monterrey – mediotiempo.com Archived 8 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ FIFA Club World Cup – Previous Tournaments – FIFA.com
  5. ↑ FIFA Club World Cup – Previous Tournaments – FIFA.com
  6. ↑ "Twente haalt Corona naar Grolsch Veste" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "OFICIAL: Twente anuncia Jesus Corona no FC Porto" [OFFICIAL: Twente announces Jesus Corona in FC Porto] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Miguel Layun, Jesus Corona seal Porto deals ahead of deadline". ESPN FC. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "FC Porto 4 vs 0 Belenenses - Primeira Liga - SAPO Desporto". Desporto.sapo.pt. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  10. ↑ 2012 Elite Squads
  11. ↑ Elite Finals Roundup (2012) Archived 9 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
  12. ↑ "Chicharito and Corona star in the Carlos Vela show". ESPN. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  13. ↑ "Mexico defeats Jamaica in Gold Cup final". Yahoo!. 27 July 2015.
  14. 1 2 "Mexico's Corona merits Bright Future award". CONCACAF.com. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  15. ↑ "Match 14 : Mexico vs Jamaica - COPA America Centenario - USA 2016". www.ca2016.com. Archived from the original on 23 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  16. ↑ "Match 21 : Mexico vs Venezuela - COPA America Centenario - USA 2016". www.ca2016.com. Archived from the original on 23 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  17. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb
  18. ↑ "Convocatoria de la Selección Nacional de México". MiSeleccion.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  19. ↑ Villegas Gama, Karla. "Why Jesus 'Tecatito' Corona Is the Next Big Thing for Mexico". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  20. ↑ Portillo, Manuel. "Mexico World Cup 2018 team guide: tactics, key players and expert predictions". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  21. ↑ "JESÚS MANUEL CORONA Y UN APELLIDO INCÓMODO". Vice (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  22. ↑ Jesus Corona Stats; Soccerway Stats Database; 28 July 2015
  23. ↑ "Jesús Manuel Corona". National Football Teams. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  24. ↑ "Mexico – Jesús Corona – Profile with news, career statistics and history". soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  25. ↑ "Monterrey vs. Toluca - 3 March 2011 - Soccerway". Us.soccerway.com. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  26. ↑ "Santos Laguna vs. Monterrey - 26 April 2012 - Soccerway". Us.soccerway.com. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  27. ↑ "Monterrey vs. Santos Laguna - 2 May 2013 - Soccerway". Us.soccerway.com. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
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