José Juan Macías

In 2011, Macías joined the youth academy of C.D. Guadalajara, successfully going through the ranks of the U-13, U-15, and U-17 teams. Six years later, now aged 17, coach Matías Almeyda called up Macías to form part of the first team.[2]

Macías made his official debut in the 2017 Campeón de Campeones match against Tigres UANL.[3] On 8 August, Macías scored his first professional goal for Guadalajara in a Copa MX match against Juárez.[4]

In December 2018, Macías joined León on a year-long loan deal with an option to buy.[5] He scored eight goals during the regular phase of the 2019 Clausura, making him the top-scoring Mexican player in the tournament at only 19 years old.[6] Macías scored another two goals in the championship stage to take his total goal tally to ten as León progressed to the finals. He missed the finals against Tigres UANL due to receiving a call-up to play with the Mexico under-20 team at the World Cup in Poland.[7] He was listed on the Best XI of the 2019 Clausura.[8]

For the 2019 Apertura, he finished with 8 goals.

In December, it was confirmed that Macías would return to Guadalajara, with León stating that it was the player's decision.[9] On 11 January 2020, he played his first match with Guadalajara since his loan stint against Juárez, and scored in the team's 2–0 win.[10]

On 25 October 2018, Macías was called up by Diego Ramírez to participate in the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[11] He scored 10 goals in the tournament, including 4 against Aruba,[12] winning him the Golden Boot of the tournament.[13] As Mexico would finish runner-up in the tournament, he was listed in the Best XI of the tournament.[14]

In April 2019, Macías was included in the 21-player squad to represent Mexico at the U-20 World Cup in Poland.[15]

Macías was included in the final roster that participated at the 2018 Toulon Tournament.[16] He would go on to appear in three matches as Mexico finished runners-up.[17]

Macías was included in the final roster that participated in the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.[18] He appeared in two group stage matches as Mexico finished last in their group with one point.

On 2 October 2019, Macías earned his first cap with the Mexico senior squad in a friendly match against Trinidad and Tobago, scoring on his debut in the team's 2–0 victory.[19] A couple of days later, he would score in both 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League fixtures. The first against Bermuda, scoring his first brace with the national team winning 5–1,[20] and the second against Panama, coming on as a substitute to help break a 1–1 deadlock, scoring Mexico's second goal in an eventual 3–1 victory.[21]

As of match played 7 March 2020[22]

As of match played 19 November 2019[22][23]

Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.[24]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	2 October 2019	Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca, Mexico	Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	2–0	Friendly
2.	11 October 2019	Bermuda National Stadium, Devonshire Parish, Bermuda	Bermuda	2–0	5–1	2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League A
3.				3–0
4.	15 October 2019	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Panama	2–1	3–1

Guadalajara

• CONCACAF Champions League: 2018[25]

• CONCACAF Under-20 Championship Best XI: 2018
• CONCACAF Under-20 Championship Golden Boot: 2018
• Liga MX Best XI: Clausura 2019