Cristian Calderón

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

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Calderón and the second or maternal family name is Del Real.
Cristian Calderón
Personal information
Full name Cristian Yonathan Calderón Del Real[1]
Date of birth (1997-05-24) 24 May 1997[1]
Place of birth Tepic, Nayarit, México
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Left back[2]
Club information
Current team
 Guadalajara
Number 2
Youth career
2014 De los Altos
2014–2016 Atlas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Atlas 21 (0)
2019 Necaxa 36 (10)
2020– Guadalajara 4 (0)
National team‡
2019– Mexico U22 2 (0)
2019– Mexico 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 February 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 January 2020

Club

Atlas

He made his debut with Atlas on 7 May 2016 against Tijuana.[3] He became a starter for the first team in the 2018 Apertura.[3]

Necaxa

He was signed by Necaxa for the 2019 Clausura.[3] He made his debut for Necaxa on 5 March 2019, scoring his first goals as a brace against 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

On 11 December 2019, it was announced that Guadalajara signed Calderón.[7][8] On 18 January 2020, he made his debut coming on as a substitute against Pachuca in a 0–0 tie.[9] 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.[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]

International

Mexico U-22

In May 2019, he was called up by Jaime Lozano to participate in that year's Toulon Tournament.[13] In the third-place match against the Republic of Ireland, he would score during the penalty shoot-out, helping Mexico win 4–3.[14]

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.[15]

Career statistics

International
As of match played 19 November 2019[16]
Mexico national team
YearAppsGoals
201940
Total40

Honours

Individual

References
  1. "Cristian Yonathan Calderón Del Real". LigaMX.net.
  2. Cristian Calderón at Footballdatabase, footballdatabase.eu
  3. 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. "La Liga MX da a conocer el once ideal del Apertura 2019". Marca Claro México. 3 January 2020.
  6. "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". ESPNDeportes.com (in Spanish). 28 January 2020.
  13. "Convocatoria Final de la SNM Sub 22 Para el Torneo Maurice Revello" (in Spanish). Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C. 23 May 2019.
  14. "Con Jurado como figura en los penales, México se quedó con el Tercer Lugar en Toulon". MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish). 15 June 2019.
  15. "Mexico v Trinidad & Tobago game report". ESPN. 2 October 2019.
  16. Cristian Calderón at National-Football-Teams.com
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