Jesús Dueñas

Jesús Alberto Dueñas Manzo (March 16, 1989) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays for Liga MX club Tigres UANL and the Mexico national team.[1]

Jesús Dueñas
Jesús Dueñas in 2018
Personal information
Full name Jesús Alberto Dueñas Manzo
Date of birth (1989-03-16) March 16, 1989
Place of birth Zamora, Michoacán, Mexico
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 UANL
Number 29
Youth career
2008–2012 UANL
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Petroleros de Salamanca 13 (0)
2011– UANL 298 (18)
National team‡
2009 Mexico U-20 3 (0)
2015– Mexico 25 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 03:28, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 November 2018

Dueñas is usually deployed as a central midfielder but he can play as right-back, winger or attacking midfielder. Deuñas is known to cover large areas of the pitch in a combative manner, winning back possession and dominating the opposing central players. He has great short passing ability and is known to chip in with the occasional finessed goal from around the area.

Club career

Jesus Dueñas was from Petroleros de Salamanca but later moved to Tigres UANL, the team with which he debuted.[2] Since 2014, Dueñas has become the starting central midfielder of Tigres. He played a key role in the Copa Libertadores 2015.

In the Apertura 2016 finals against Club América, the teams tied 1-1 in the first leg at Estadio Azteca. In the historical second leg, played for the first time on 25 December, the teams tied 0-0 and went to overtime at the Estadio Universitario. At 95' Edson Álvarez scored the 1-0 for América and at 119' Dueñas tied dramatically with a header after a cross from Jürgen Damm, and led the match to penalty shoot-out. Nahuel Guzmán stopped three shots and Tigres became the Apertura 2016 champions.

International career

In March 2015, Dueñas was called up to the Mexico national team by Miguel Herrera to compete in friendly matches against Ecuador and Paraguay. Dueñas played as starter in the 3-1 victory over Jamaica of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup finals at the Lincoln Financial Field of Philadelphia on July 26, 2015.

International goals
Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.[3]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 February 2016Marlins Park, Miami, United States Senegal1–02–0Friendly

Honors

Club
UANL

International
Mexico

Individual

References
  1. Jesús Dueñas Manzo
  2. Jesús Dueñas – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish)
  3. "J. Dueñas". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  4. "TSG reveals Gold Cup Best XI". goldcup.org.
  5. Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League [@TheChampions] (2 May 2019). "Presenting the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League 2019 Team of the Tournament!" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 May 2019 – via Twitter.


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