José Juan Vázquez

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Vazquez and the second or maternal family name is Gomez.
José Juan Vázquez

Vázquez in 2014
Personal information
Full name José Juan Vázquez Gómez
Date of birth (1988-03-14) 14 March 1988
Place of birth Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder, Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 León
Number 23
Youth career
2007–2008 Atlético Comonfort
2008 Atlético San Francisco
2008–2009 Cuervos Negros de Zapotlanejo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2009–2012 Celaya 53 (3)
2012– León 134 (7)
National team‡
2014– Mexico 18 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 March 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 March 2016

José Juan Vázquez Gómez (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse ˈxwam ˈbaskes]; born 14 March 1988) is a Mexican footballer, who plays mainly as a Defensive midfielder for León in Liga MX.

Vázquez is commonly known by his nickname "El Gallo" (Spanish for Rooster) for the way he styles his hair in a Mohawk.[1][2][3]

Club career

Celaya

José Juan Vázquez began playing football professionally at the age of 19 in the fourth and third divisions of Mexico with teams such as Atlético San Francisco and Atlético Comonfort in the fourth division, and for Cuervos Negros de Zapotlanejo, América Manzanillo, and finally his home town team Celaya in the third division.

During his stay with Celaya, he was a part of the squad that achieved promotion to the Liga de Ascenso (Second Division) for the Clausura 2011 tournament. Vázquez made his second division debut with Celaya on 29 July 2011 against Leones Negros in which he played the entire 90 minutes of the game and subsequently became an undisputed starter for the rest of the season. Vázquez eventually was loaned to Club León for the Clausura 2012 tournament, one season after accomplishing promotion with Celaya.

León

Vázquez arrived at León on 12 December 2011 on loan while the team was still playing the Liga de Ascenso.[4] In his first season he started in every match, being substituted only once. During the Clausura tournament, León won the league final, giving them the right to play the Promotional final against Correcaminos, which they won by an aggregate score of 6–2, and earning promotion to the first division. Vázquez was eventually bought by León in May 2012.

On 15 December 2013, León defeated América in the Apertura final at the Estadio Azteca to win their first title since their promotion and the sixth overall in the club's history. The following tournament, Vázquez played a vital role in Leon's back-to-back championship win after defeating Pachuca in the final on 14 May 2014, playing all 90' minutes of the final at the Estadio Hidalgo.

International career

Vázquez received his first international call up for the Mexico national football team on 23 January 2014, under coach Miguel Herrera for a friendly match against South Korea held in the United States in preparation for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[5] He started the match and played 55' minutes, being substituted out for Jesús Zavala. Mexico went on to win the match 4–0.[6]

Vázquez (first Mexican player on the left) playing against Brazil at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

After few participations with the national team Vázquez was included in Miguel Herrera's final 23-man list participating in the 2014 FIFA World Cup held in Brazil on 8 May. He made his World Cup debut on 13 July against Cameroon in the Arena das Dunas. Vázquez in total completed 61 passes and recovered three balls in his first match.[7] He was a starter in Mexico's second match against host nation Brazil in which the match ultimately ended in a 0–0 draw.[8] In total, Vázquez has a 95.2% completed pass rate in the World Cup tournament so far.[9] Vázquez was a starter in Mexico's final group stage match against Croatia, in which he received a yellow card and missed the match against The Netherlands.

Career statistics

Club

As of 19 June 2014[10]
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Mexico League Copa MX North America Total
Apertura 2009CelayaSegunda División de México (3rd)82--82
Clausura 201081--81
Apertura 2010121--121
Clausura 2011110--110
Apertura 2011CelayaAscenso MX (2nd)140--140
Clausura 2012LéonAscenso MX (2nd)202--202
Apertura 2012LéonLiga MX (1st)20131-232
Clausura 2013160-10[11]170
Apertura 201323210-242
Clausura 2014200--200
Total Mexico 1529411015710
Career total 1529411015710

International

As of 24 November 2014
Mexico national team
YearAppsGoals
2014100
Total100

Honours

Club

Celaya
León

International

Mexico

References

  1. ↑ Adquiere León en definitiva carta de "El Gallo" Vázquez June 3, 2012
  2. ↑ Díaz, Felipez (30 April 2012). Es José Juan Vázquez gallo de pelea. am.com.mx
  3. ↑ Confirma Martínez a José Juan Vázquez como primer refuerzo de La ‘Fiera’ Dec 2011 "El ‘Gallo’ Vázquez jugó 15 partidos como titular y sumó 1350 minutos, además que forma parte del equipo que subió al Celaya en el Clausura 2011."
  4. ↑ Yahoo. Mx.deportes.yahoo.com (2015-11-28). Retrieved on 2015-12-02.
  5. ↑ Mediotiempo – Futbol, Liguilla, NFL, NBA, Lucha Libre, Más Deportes. M.mediotiempo.com. Retrieved on 2015-12-02.
  6. ↑ Mediotiempo – Futbol, Liguilla, NFL, NBA, Lucha Libre, Más Deportes. M.mediotiempo.com (2014-01-29). Retrieved on 2015-12-02.
  7. ↑ 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ – Matches. FIFA.com (2014-06-13). Retrieved on 2015-12-02.
  8. ↑ 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ – Matches. FIFA.com (2014-06-17). Retrieved on 2015-12-02.
  9. ↑ 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™. FIFA.com. Retrieved on 2015-12-02.
  10. ↑ Medio Tiempo League Stats. Mediotiempo.com (2015-03-18). Retrieved on 2015-12-02.
  11. ↑ Includes Copa Libertadores

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