Jesús Dueñas

Jesús Alberto Dueñas Manzo (born 16 March 1989), also known as El Pollo, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga MX club Cruz Azul.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Dueñas and the second or maternal family name is Manzo.
Jesús Dueñas
Dueñas with Mexico in 2018
Personal information
Full name Jesús Alberto Dueñas Manzo
Date of birth (1989-03-16) 16 March 1989
Place of birth Zamora, Michoacán, Mexico
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Cruz Azul
Number 8
Youth career
2008–2012 Tigres UANL
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2022 Tigres UANL 366 (20)
2022–2023 Juárez 30 (3)
2023– Cruz Azul 1 (0)
International career‡
2009 Mexico U20 3 (0)
2015–2018 Mexico 25 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Mexico
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Winner2015 United States–CanadaTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 April 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2018

Club career

Jesus Dueñas was from Petroleros de Salamanca but later moved to Tigres UANL, the team with which he debuted.[1] Since 2014, Dueñas has become the starting central midfielder of Tigres. He played a key role in the Copa Libertadores 2015.

In the Apertura 2016 finals against Club América, the teams tied 1–1 in the first leg at Estadio Azteca. In the historical second leg, played for the first time on 25 December, the teams tied 0-0 and went to overtime at the Estadio Universitario. At 95' Edson Álvarez scored the 1-0 for América and at 119' Dueñas tied dramatically with a header after a cross from Jürgen Damm, and led the match to penalty shoot-out. Nahuel Guzmán stopped three shots and Tigres became the Apertura 2016 champions.

International career

In March 2015, Dueñas was called up to the senior national team by Miguel Herrera to compete in friendly matches against Ecuador and Paraguay. Dueñas played as starter in the 3–1 victory over Jamaica of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup finals at the Lincoln Financial Field of Philadelphia on July 26, 2015.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 3 August 2023[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tigres UANL 2011–12 Liga MX 161———161
2012–13 320—7[lower-alpha 1]0—390
2013–14 342110——452
2014–15 373516[lower-alpha 2]1—485
2015–16 353—6[lower-alpha 3]01[lower-alpha 4]0423
2016–17 446—8[lower-alpha 3]0—526
2017–18 401—3[lower-alpha 3]02[lower-alpha 5]0451
2018–19 381308[lower-alpha 3]01[lower-alpha 6]0501
2019–20 271—6[lower-alpha 3]03[lower-alpha 7]0361
2020–21 331——1[lower-alpha 6]0341
2021–22 301———301
Total 366201914418043722
Juárez 2022–23 Liga MX 303———303
Cruz Azul 2023–24 Liga MX 10——3[lower-alpha 6]040
Career total 3972319144111047125
  1. Two appearances in Copa Libertadores and five in CONCACAF Champions League
  2. Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  3. Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League
  4. Appearance in Campeón de Campeones
  5. One appearance in Campeón de Campeones and one in Campeones Cup
  6. Appearances in Leagues Cup
  7. Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup

International
As of match played 20 November 2018[3]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Mexico 201550
2016111
201770
201820
Total251

International goals
Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.[4]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 February 2016Marlins Park, Miami, United States Senegal1–02–0Friendly

Honours

Tigres UANL

Mexico

Individual

References
  1. Jesús Dueñas – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archive) (in Spanish)
  2. "J. Dueñas: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  3. Jesús Dueñas at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. "J. Dueñas". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  5. "TSG reveals Gold Cup Best XI". goldcup.org. Archived from the original on 2020-10-25. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
  6. Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League [@TheChampions] (2 May 2019). "Presenting the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League 2019 Team of the Tournament!" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 May 2019 – via Twitter.


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