Hugo Ayala

Hugo Ayala Castro (born 31 March 1987) is a Mexican professional footballer who currently plays as a center-back for Liga MX club Tigres UANL and the Mexico national team.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ayala and the second or maternal family name is Castro.
Hugo Ayala
Ayala at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Hugo Ayala Castro
Date of birth (1987-03-31) 31 March 1987
Place of birth Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Center-back
Club information
Current team
 UANL
Number 4
Youth career
2000–2002 Morelia
2002–2006 Atlas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2010 Atlas 82 (3)
2010– UANL 369 (6)
National team‡
2006–2007 Mexico U20 12 (0)
2009– Mexico 47 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 September 2018 (UTC)

Club career

Club Atlas

Hugo Ayala started his professional career with Atlas. He made his official debut in 2006 as a starter against C.D. Guadalajara. Although Atlas lost 3–1 he became an often used substitute ending the season. In the next season he starting showing great talent in defending and became a starter in Atlas's defensive line up, leading Atlas all the way to the quarter finals to face Club América, but lost to them in an aggregate score of (7–4). Throughout his career with Atlas he was mostly used as a substitute until the manager, Ricardo La Volpe, took his place as manager of Atlas. La Volpe then started having confidence in Ayala, and made Ayala a starter and captain for Atlas. Then after Tigres saw great interest in Ayala his new club was Tigres

Tigres UANL

On 2010, he arrived to Tigres UANL and by 2011 he already was the starter centre-back along with Juninho, both key players for the Apertura 2011 championship. Ayala was named best defender of the Apertura 2011 season alongside teammate Jorge Torres Nilo. Ayala, a starter in Tigres since 2011, later would become champion with the team in the Apertura 2015, Apertura 2016 and Apertura 2017 seasons besides runner-up of the 2015 Copa Libertadores.

International career

Under José Manuel de la Torre, Miguel Herrera and Juan Carlos Osorio, Ayala has been a regular call-up for Mexico.

In May 2018 he was named in Mexico’s preliminary 28-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia,[2] and was ultimately included in the final 23-man roster revealed on 4 June.[3] He would go on to appear in the opening group stage match against Germany, where Mexico won 1–0 and the round-of-16 loss against Brazil.

Career statistics

International
As of 12 September 2018[4]
Mexico
YearAppsGoals
200920
201010
201100
201240
201340
201430
2015100
201650
201790
201891
Total471

International goals
Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.[5]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.31 January 2018Alamodome, San Antonio, United States Bosnia and Herzegovina1–01–0Friendly

Honours

Club
UANL

Individual

References
  1. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. http://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb
  3. "Convocatoria de la Selección Nacional de México". MiSeleccion.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  4. Hugo Ayala at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. "Ayala, Hugo". National Football Teams. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  6. "Mexico leads way in Concacaf Men's Best XI". www.concacaf.com. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  7. Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League [@TheChampions] (23 December 2020). "¡Qué lujo de equipo! Aquí están los mejores jugadores de #SCCL2020" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2021 – via Twitter.
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