César Huerta
Personal information
Full name César Saúl Huerta Varela[1]
Date of birth (2000-12-03) 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 45 (11)
International career‡
2016–2017 Mexico U17 9 (1)
2023– Mexico 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 December 2023

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]

Club career

Guadalajara

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

On 1 June 2022, Huerta joined UNAM on a permanent transfer.

International career

Youth

Huerta was called up by Mario Arteaga to be part of the squad that participated at the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship[11] and subsequently won. He was also called up to participate at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[12]

Senior

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.[13]

Huerta made his senior debut for Mexico debut 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.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of 10 December 2023[15]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Guadalajara 2018–19 Liga MX 10–––10
2019–20 5040––90
2020–21 90–––90
2021–22 201–––201
Total 35140––391
Zacatepec (loan) 2018–19 Ascenso MX 13442—–176
Morelia (loan) 2019–20 Liga MX 6040—–100
Mazatlán (loan) 2020–21 Liga MX 173—––173
Tapatío (loan) 2020–21 Liga de Expansión MX 10———10
UNAM 2022–23 Liga MX 262———262
2023–24 199––3[lower-alpha 1]12210
Total 4511––314812
Career total 11719122003113222
  1. ↑ Appearances in Leagues Cup

International

As of match played 16 December 2023 [16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Mexico 202361
Total61

International goals

Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 September 2023AT&T Stadium, Arlington, United States Australia2–22–2Friendly

Honours

Mexico U17

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018: List of Players: CD Guadalajara" (PDF). FIFA. 6 December 2018. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "César Saúl Huerta Valera". LigaMX.net. LIGA BBVA Bancomer MX. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
  3. ↑ "Cantera Chivas Cesar Huerta". chivasdecorazon (in Spanish). Salvador Pacheco. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  4. ↑ "Cesar Huerta Debut". chivaspassion.mx (in Spanish). Chivas Passion. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  5. ↑ "César Huerta quiere regresar a Chivas como goleador". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). 4 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "Chivas no quiere sorpresas y presta a César Huerta al Morelia sin opción a compra". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). 3 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Huerta, jugador de Mazatlán y otros jugadores con el dorsal 1 en México". Futbol Sapiens (in Spanish). 30 July 2020.
  8. ↑ Marshall, Tom (2 June 2020). "Liga MX club Morelia officially moves to Mazatlan". ESPN. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  9. ↑ "Mazatlán FC vs. Puebla - Resumen de Juego - 27 julio, 2020". ESPN (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "Chivas anuncia se primer refuerzo para el Guard1anes 2021". Nacion Chivas (in Spanish). José Pérez. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  11. ↑ "Lista la convocatoria del Tri Sub-17 para el Premundial". Marca (in Spanish). 16 April 2017.
  12. ↑ "Esta será la Selección Mexicana que participará en el Mundial Sub-17". Telemundo Deportes (in Spanish). 14 September 2017.
  13. ↑ "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.
  14. ↑ Hernández, Cesar (9 September 2023). "Mexico fights back to 2-2 draw with Socceroos". ESPN.com. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  15. ↑ César Huerta at Soccerway
  16. ↑ César Huerta at National-Football-Teams.com
  17. ↑ https://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/liga-mx/chino-huerta-nombrado-jugador-mes-liga-mx
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