Cristian Calderón
Personal information
Full name Cristian Yonathan Calderón Del Real[1]
Date of birth (1997-05-24) 24 May 1997[1]
Place of birth Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 América
Number 18
Youth career
2012–2013 Nayarit
2013–2014 De los Altos
2014–2016 Atlas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Atlas 21 (0)
2019 Necaxa 36 (10)
2020–2023 Guadalajara 105 (9)
2020 → Tapatío (loan) 3 (0)
2024– América 1 (0)
International career‡
2018–2019 Mexico U21 2 (0)
2019 Mexico U23 4 (0)
2019 Mexico 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 January 2020

Cristian Yonathan Calderón Del Real (born 24 May 1997), also known as Chicote, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga MX club América.

Club career

Early Career

Calderón participated in the youth teams of Coras de Nayarit FC and C.D. De los Altos before joining Altas FC's youth team.[2] He made his professional debut with Altas on 21 October 2015 against Club Tijuana in a Copa MX quarter-finals match, ultimately winning 5–4 in a penalty shoot-out after a 2–2 tie. He made his Liga MX debut on 7 May 2016 against Tijuana, finishing in a scoreless draw.[3] He became a starter for the first team in the 2018 Apertura.[3]

Necaxa

He was signed by Club Necaxa for the 2019 Clausura.[3] He made his debut for Necaxa on 5 March 2019, scoring his first goals as a brace against Club América, winning 3–1.[4] At the end of the 2019 Apertura, he was listed in the Best XI of the tournament.[5] According to a poll held by Mexican sports newspaper Récord, its readers voted Calderón as the best player of the tournament.[6]

Guadalajara

On 11 December 2019, Guadalajara reached an agreement to sign Calderón.[7][8] On 18 January 2020, he made his league debut with the club coming on as a substitute against Pachuca in a 0–0 tie.[9] Three days later, he would score his first goal with the club, scoring a stoppage-time header in a 2–1 loss against Dorados de Sinaloa during the first round-of-16 leg of the Copa MX.[10] A week later in the second leg, he would score a bicycle kick in a 1–0 victory,[11] helping send Guadalajara to a penalty shoot-out that was eventually lost.[12]

On 15 August 2020, Calderón scored the winning goal against Atlético San Luis in a 2–1 home victory, his first league goal with the club and giving newly appointed manager Victor Manuel Vucetich his first win with the club.[13] In November 2020, facing rivals Club América during the Guardianes championship quarter-finals, he scored three times, all long-range shots from outside of the box, in the span of two legs giving Guadalajara a 3–1 aggregate victory.[14][15]

Calderón got kicked out of the first team due to constant parties with sex workers and alcohol use.[16][17]

América

On 3 January 2024, Calderón joined Club América on a free transfer.[18]

International career

Youth

In May 2019, Calderón was called up by Jaime Lozano to participate in that year's Toulon Tournament.[19] In the third-place match against the Republic of Ireland, he would score during the penalty shoot-out, helping Mexico win 4–3.[20]

Senior

In September 2019, Calderón received his first call-up to the senior national team by Gerardo Martino and on 2 October 2019 in a friendly against Trinidad & Tobago, he made his debut. He started the game and was substituted at half-time.[21]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 December 2023[22]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Atlas 2015–16 Liga MX 1020——30
2016–17 —30——30
2017–18 5070——120
2018–19 15030——180
Total 210150——360
Necaxa 2018–19 Liga MX 185——1[lower-alpha 1]0195
2019–20 185———185
Total 3610——103710
Guadalajara 2019–20 Liga MX 4022——62
2020–21 264———264
2021–22 274———274
2022–23 331———331
2023–24 150––2[lower-alpha 2]0170
Total 105922—2010911
Tapatío (loan) 2020–21 Liga de Expansión MX 20———20
2021–22 10———10
Total 30———30
América 2023–24 Liga MX 00———00
Career total 16519172003018521
  1. ↑ Appearance in Supercopa MX
  2. ↑ Appearances in Leagues Cup

International

As of match played 19 November 2019[23]
Mexico
YearAppsGoals
201940
Total40

Honours

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Cristian Yonathan Calderón Del Real". LigaMX.net.
  2. ↑ Rosas, Javier (3 December 2020). "'Chicote' Calderón, el jugador que nació retando a la disciplina". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish).
  3. 1 2 3 Quiroga, Antonio (21 November 2019). "La evolución del 'Chicote' Calderón: un zorro convertido en chiva". TUDN (in Spanish).
  4. ↑ "América 1-3 Necaxa: goles, resumen y videos". Goal.com (in Spanish). 5 March 2019.
  5. 1 2 "La Liga MX da a conocer el once ideal del Apertura 2019". Marca Claro México. 3 January 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Chicote Calderón Arrasó En La Estrella Récord Del Apertura 2019". Récord (in Spanish). 3 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Conoce a fondo a Cristian Calderón, cuarto refuerzo de Chivas". chivasdecorazon.com.mx (in Spanish). 11 December 2019.
  8. ↑ Bourgeois, Blaise (11 December 2019). "Chivas officially announce the signing Cristian 'Chicote' Calderón". OneFootball.com.
  9. ↑ Ceccato García, Eduardo (19 January 2020). "Aguantar a que toque tu turno: Calderón tras su debut". ChivasPasion.Bolavip.com (in Spanish).
  10. ↑ Hernández, Jesús (21 January 2020). "Dorados sorprende y vence a Chivas en la ida de octavos de final de la Copa MX". Milenio (in Spanish).
  11. ↑ "¡Chilena del Chicote! Golazo de Cristian Calderón con Chivas en Copa MX". MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish). 28 January 2020.
  12. ↑ "Chivas, eliminado de la Copa MX a manos de Dorados". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). 28 January 2020.
  13. ↑ "Chivas consigue primera victoria en casa en el debut de Vucetich". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). 15 August 2020.
  14. ↑ Marshall, Tom (30 November 2020). "Liga MX Guard1anes playoffs: Calderon, Chivas see off America to reach semis; is it Cruz Azul's year". ESPN.
  15. ↑ Serrano, Rodrigo (30 November 2020). "'Chicote' Calderón - "I thought fuck it, whatever happens, happens"". AS.
  16. ↑ Marshall, Tom (30 November 2020). "Liga MX Guard1anes playoffs: Calderon, Chivas see off America to reach semis; is it Cruz Azul's year". ESPN.
  17. ↑ Serrano, Rodrigo (30 November 2020). "'Chicote' Calderón - "I thought fuck it, whatever happens, happens"". AS.
  18. ↑ "'Chicote' Calderón makes rare Chivas to Club América switch". Diario AS. 3 January 2024.
  19. ↑ "Convocatoria Final de la SNM Sub 22 Para el Torneo Maurice Revello" (in Spanish). Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C. 23 May 2019.
  20. ↑ "Con Jurado como figura en los penales, México se quedó con el Tercer Lugar en Toulon". MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish). 15 June 2019.
  21. ↑ "Mexico v Trinidad & Tobago game report". ESPN. 2 October 2019.
  22. ↑ Cristian Calderón at Soccerway
  23. ↑ Cristian Calderón at National-Football-Teams.com
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