Ángel Sepúlveda

Ángel Baltazar Sepúlveda Sánchez^[a] (born 15 February 1991) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Cruz Azul.

Ángel Sepúlveda

Sepúlveda in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Ángel Baltazar Sepúlveda Sánchez
Date of birth	(1991-02-15) 15 February 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Apatzingán, Michoacán, Mexico
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Cruz Azul
Number	9
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2013	Morelia	25	(4)
2013	→ Toros Neza (loan)	12	(1)
2013–2014	Atlante	29	(6)
2014–2017	Querétaro	87	(11)
2017–2018	Morelia	37	(5)
2018	Guadalajara	5	(0)
2019	Necaxa	19	(2)
2019–2021	Tijuana	19	(2)
2020–2021	→ Querétaro (loan)	34	(9)
2021	→ Necaxa (loan)	10	(0)
2022–2023	Querétaro	50	(14)
2023–	Cruz Azul	18	(8)
International career
2016–2017	Mexico	8	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 November 2023

Club career

Sepúlveda was born in Apatzingán, Michoacán. made his senior team debut on September 18, 2010, as a substitute in a match against Atlante in a 2 - 0 loss of Monarcas.^[1]

Sepúlveda scored his first goal on April 4, 2011, against Chiapas that gave Monarcas the win in a 2 - 1 victory. He scored his second and third goal against Tempête Football Club during the preliminary rounds of the first leg and second leg of the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League. On October 10, 2011, he scored his fourth goal Pachuca to tie the game 2-2 during a regular season matchup of the 2011–12 Mexican Primera División season. On December 4, 2011, he came off as a substitute yet again replacing the injured Miguel Sabah and scored two goals against Santos Laguna to tie up the aggregate score 4-4 but due to Santos Laguna's higher seeding on the league table they failed to advance for the final of the Liguilla

C.D Guadalajara announced the signing of Sepúlveda on 7 June 2018.

Career statistics

International

As of match played 24 July 2017^[2]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Mexico	2016	2	1
	2017	6	1
Total		8	2

International goals

Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.^[3]

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	2 September 2016	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	El Salvador	2–1	3–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	16 July 2017	Alamodome, San Antonio, United States	Curaçao	1–0	2–0	2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Honours

Querétaro

• Copa MX: Apertura 2016

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sepúlveda and the second or maternal family name is Sánchez.

References

1. . www.mediotiempo.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-23.
2. Ángel Sepúlveda at National-Football-Teams.com
3. "A. Sepúlveda". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 October 2016.

External links

• – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
• Ángel Sepúlveda at ESPN FC
• Ángel Sepúlveda at imscouting.com
• Ángel Sepúlveda at match-endirect.com
• Ángel Sepúlveda at FBref.com  
• Ángel Sepúlveda at WorldFootball.net