Omar Alejandro Esparza Morales (born 21 May 1988) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a right-back and manager. He is the brother of the professional football player, Rigoberto Esparza.
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Omar Alejandro Esparza Morales[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | May 21, 1988 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tototlán, Jalisco, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Halcones (Assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Tapatío | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2015 | Guadalajara | 170 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | → San Luis (loan) | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | → Pachuca (loan) | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Tampico Madero | 60 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Los Cabos | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Mexico U17 | 9 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Mexico U20 | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Mexico | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | CAFESSA Jalisco (Assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | CAFESSA Jalisco | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Halcones (Assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
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Esparza made his debut on October 15, 2005, against CF Monterrey, playing only 12 minutes. He had switched playing time between Chivas and CD Tapatio since then, with a brief stay in Chivas Coras in the 2004–2006 season.[2]
He took part in Chivas's Championship win in the Apertura 2006.
Esparza was given high praise by Mexico coach Javier Aguirre for his performances and was expected to cement a place in the 2010 World Cup starting line-up. However a knee injury picked up in the final game of the season ended his world cup hopes and he is not expected to be back in full training until June 2010.
International career
editOmar Esparza has played with the Mexico national football team in three categories.
He was present with the Mexico U-17 Team, in which he and his teammates won the U-17 World Cup in Peru in 2005. He played in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship Match where Mexico obtained the cup against Brazil. The score was 3–0, and Esparza scored the 2nd goal of the final.[3]
He has also played with U-20 in the FIFA U-20 World Cup that was held in Canada where he was an important player. Mexico played well but was eliminated by Argentina in the quarter-finals, losing 1-0 thanks to a goal scored by Maximiliano Moralez after bouncing the ball off a Mexican defender in the 45th minute .
On August 22, 2007, Esparza made his first appearance for the senior side.
Career Statistics
editAs of 16 April 2008
| International appearances | ||||||
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| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition | |
| 1. | 22 August 2007 | Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, United States |  Colombia |
0–1 | Friendly | |
| 2. | 9 September 2007 | Estadio Cuauhtemoc, Puebla, Mexico |  Panama |
1–0 | Friendly | |
| 3. | 17 October 2007 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States |  Guatemala |
2–3 | Friendly | |
| 4. | 16 April 2008 | Qwest Field, Seattle, United States |  China |
1–0 | Friendly | |
Honours
editGuadalajara
Pachuca
Mexico U17
References
edit- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 5 July 2007. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013.
- ^ Omar Esparza – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
- ^ "Omar Esparza Morales" (in Spanish). Chivas Sitio Oficial. Archived from the original on March 17, 2007. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Omar Esparza's National Team Appearances". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
External links
edit- Omar Esparza at National-Football-Teams.com