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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Diego Lainez Leyva | ||
Date of birth | 9 June 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico | ||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | América | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
2012–2017 | América | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017– | América | 31 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2017 | Mexico U17 | 4 | (2) |
2018– | Mexico U21 | 8 | (1) |
2018– | Mexico | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:17, 12 September 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:17, 12 September 2018 (UTC) |
Diego Lainez Leyva (born 9 June 2000) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club América.[2]
Club career
América
Lainez was recruited by scout Ángel González along with his brother Mauro. Mauro decided to join Pachuca's academy, while Diego opted to join Club América.[3]
On 1 March 2017, Lainez made his competitive debut with América in the Copa MX group stage match against Santos Laguna.[4] Three days later, he made his league debut against León, becoming one of the club's youngest players to debut for the first team at 16 years old.[5] On 19 March, after a lineup error that ruled out Gerson Torres from being eligible to play,[6] Lainez was assigned to start against UNAM.[7]
On 4 August 2018, Lainez scored his first two goals for América in a 3–1 win over Pachuca at Estadio Hidalgo; he became the youngest player to score a double with the club, and the fifth youngest to score a goal in the club’s history.[8]
International career
Mexico U-17
Lainez was ruled out of the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship due to his activity with Club América's first team.
On 14 September 2017, Lainez was included in final roster that participated at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[9] In Mexico’s second group match against England, Lainez scored twice in the team’s 3–2 loss.[10]
Mexico U-21
Lainez was included in the final roster that participated at the 2018 Toulon Tournament. He scored the opening goal against Qatar in Mexico’s 4–1 win. He would go on to win the Best Player Award,[11] as well as make the Best XI of the competition as Mexico finished runner-up.[12]
Lainez was included in the final roster that participated in the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.[13] He appeared in all three group stage matches as Mexico finished last in their group with one point.
Mexico national football team
On 29 August 2018, Lainez received his first call-up to the senior national team for the friendly matches against Uruguay and the United States.[14] He earned his first cap in Mexico's 4–1 defeat to Uruguay on 7 September.[15]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 1 September 2018[16]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Others | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
América | 2016–17 | Liga MX | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 2 | ||||
Total | 30 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 2 | ||
Career total | 30 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 2 |
Style of play
Described as a “diminutive, left-footed forward with a sharp burst of pace”, Lainez was featured in The Guardian's list of the 60 best young talents in world football,[17] as well as Goal.com's 2017 NxGn list of the world's best teenage players.[18]
Honours
Individual
- Toulon Tournament Best Player: 2018
- Toulon Tournament Best XI: 2018
References
- ^ "Diego Lainez". ligamx.net (in Spanish).
- ^ "Diego Lainez". sub17.ligamx.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-03-05.
- ^ "Tesoros de la Coca". Adrenalina (in Spanish). Excelsior. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ "De último minuto, Santos venció a América y calificó en Copa". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Diego Lainez le cambió la cara a un gris América que igualó 1-1 con León" (in Spanish). Univision. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "¡Increíble! El América no sabía que Gerson Torres no podía jugar" (in Spanish). Marca.
- ^ "Lainez repite como titular, ahora no por necesidad" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes.
- ^ "Diego Lainez el américanista más joven en anotar doblete" (in Spanish). Club América. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ "Diego Lainez encabeza convocatoria del Tri para el Mundial Sub 17". www.univision.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-11-12.
- ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 - Matches - England-Mexico". FIFA. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ "Festival International Espoirs 2018 : les récompenses" (in French). Toulon Tournament. 12 June 2018.
- ^ "L'équipe type du Festival International Espoirs 2018" (in French). Toulon Tournament. 11 June 2018.
- ^ "Diego Lainez to lead team for the Central American and Caribbean Games". FMF State of Mind. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "Convocatoria de la Selección Nacional de México". miseleccion.mx (in Spanish). Mexican Football Federation. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "Lainez y Alvarado, el futuro Tricolor" [Lainez and Alvarado, the Tricolor future]. ESTO (in Spanish). 3 September 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ "Mexico - D. Lainez - career statistics - Soccerway".
- ^ "Next Generation 2017: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ "Meet Diego Lainez: The 16-year-old sensation who dreams of becoming the 'Mexican Messi'". Goal.com. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
External links
- Diego Lainez at Soccerway
- Diego Lainez – FIFA competition record (archived)