César Huerta
César Saúl Huerta Varela (born 3 December 2000) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club UNAM and the Mexico national team. He is popularly known by his nickname Chino.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | César Saúl Huerta Varela[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 December 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | UNAM | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2018 | Guadalajara | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2022 | Guadalajara | 34 | (1) |
| 2019 | → Zacatepec (loan) | 13 | (4) |
| 2020 | → Morelia (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Mazatlán (loan) | 17 | (3) |
| 2021 | → Tapatío (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2022– | UNAM | 54 | (11) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | Mexico U17 | 9 | (1) |
| 2023– | Mexico | 6 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 December 2023 | |||
Club career edit
Guadalajara edit
Huerta first joined Guadalajara's youth academy in 2015.[3] Huerta made his Liga MX debut on 10 November 2018 against León, coming on as a substitute in 1–0 win.[4]
He briefly joined second tier club Atlético Zacatepec on loan for the 2018–19 season.[5]
He joined Monarcas Morelia on loan for 2020.[6] He sported squad number 1, a number typically used by goalkeepers.[7] He joined Mazatlán F.C., established in June 2020 after the Monarcas Morelia franchise announced that it would be moving to the city of Mazatlán, Sinaloa.[8]
On 27 July Mazatlán played their first official match, in which they were defeated against Club Puebla with a score of 1–4: in which he scored the club's first official goal.[9] On 11 December it was announced he would be returning to play with Guadalajara for the Guard1anes 2021 tournament.[10]
UNAM edit
After failing to secure a starting spot at Guadalajara, Huerta made a transfer request. On 1 June 2022, he joined UNAM on a permanent transfer.[11]
International career edit
Youth edit
Huerta was called up by Mario Arteaga to be part of the squad that participated at the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship[12] and subsequently won. He was also called up to participate at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[13]
Senior edit
In August 2023, Huerta received his first call-up to the senior national team by manager Jaime Lozano, for two friendly matches against Australia and Uzbekistan.[14]
Huerta made his senior debut for Mexico on 9 September 2023, in a friendly match against Australia, entering in the second half for Alexis Vega at the 60th minute and later scoring the 2–2 equalizer towards the end of the match in the 83rd minute.[15]
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of 10 March 2024[16]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Guadalajara | 2018–19 | Liga MX | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 9 | 0 | – | – | – | 9 | 0 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 20 | 1 | – | – | – | 20 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 35 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 39 | 1 | ||||
| Zacatepec (loan) | 2018–19 | Ascenso MX | 13 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | – | 17 | 6 | ||
| Morelia (loan) | 2019–20 | Liga MX | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | – | 10 | 0 | ||
| Mazatlán (loan) | 2020–21 | Liga MX | 17 | 3 | — | – | – | 17 | 3 | |||
| Tapatío (loan) | 2020–21 | Liga de Expansión MX | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| UNAM | 2022–23 | Liga MX | 26 | 2 | — | — | — | 26 | 2 | |||
| 2023–24 | 28 | 9 | – | – | 3[a] | 1 | 31 | 10 | ||||
| Total | 54 | 11 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 57 | 12 | ||||
| Career total | 126 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 141 | 22 | ||
- ^ Appearances in Leagues Cup
International edit
- As of match played 16 December 2023 [17]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 2023 | 6 | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 1 | |
International goals edit
- Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 9 September 2023 | AT&T Stadium, Arlington, United States | Australia | 2–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
Honours edit
Mexico U17
Individual
References edit
- ^ (PDF). FIFA. 6 December 2018. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2018.
- ^ "César Saúl Huerta Valera". LigaMX.net. LIGA BBVA Bancomer MX. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
- ^ "Cantera Chivas Cesar Huerta". chivasdecorazon (in Spanish). Salvador Pacheco. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
- ^ "Cesar Huerta Debut". chivaspassion.mx (in Spanish). Chivas Passion. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
- ^ "César Huerta quiere regresar a Chivas como goleador". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Chivas no quiere sorpresas y presta a César Huerta al Morelia sin opción a compra". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Huerta, jugador de Mazatlán y otros jugadores con el dorsal 1 en México". Futbol Sapiens (in Spanish). 30 July 2020.
- ^ Marshall, Tom (2 June 2020). "Liga MX club Morelia officially moves to Mazatlan". ESPN. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "Mazatlán FC vs. Puebla - Resumen de Juego - 27 julio, 2020". ESPN (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ^ "Chivas anuncia se primer refuerzo para el Guard1anes 2021". Nacion Chivas (in Spanish). José Pérez. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
- ^ "César Huerta, de ser abucheado y agredido, a figura en Pumas". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). 11 November 2023.
- ^ "Lista la convocatoria del Tri Sub-17 para el Premundial". Marca (in Spanish). 16 April 2017.
- ^ "Esta será la Selección Mexicana que participará en el Mundial Sub-17". Telemundo Deportes (in Spanish). 14 September 2017.
- ^ "Lista de convocados por Jaime Lozano para integrar la Selección Nacional de México". Mexican Football Federation (in Mexican Spanish). 29 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ Hernández, Cesar (9 September 2023). "Mexico fights back to 2-2 draw with Socceroos". ESPN.com. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ^ César Huerta at Soccerway
- ^ César Huerta at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ https://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/liga-mx/chino-huerta-nombrado-jugador-mes-liga-mx
External links edit
- César Saúl Huerta Varela at Liga MX (in Spanish)
- at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 March 2019) (in Spanish)
- César Huerta at ESPN FC
- César Huerta at FBref.com