Mauro Lainez
Mauro Alberto Lainez Leyva (born 9 May 1996) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger.
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| Full name | Mauro Alberto Lainez Leyva | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 May 1996 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Quéretaro (on loan from América) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Pachuca | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Pachuca | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | → Zacatecas (loan) | 48 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | → León (loan) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → BUAP (loan) | 27 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Tijuana | 37 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | → América (loan) | 32 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | América | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | → Juárez (loan) | 26 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | → Quéretaro (loan) | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Mexico U20 | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Mexico U23 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Mexico | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 September 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 December 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
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Club career
Pachuca
Lainez was scouted at a young age and joined Pachuca's youth academy in 2011.[1] On 19 August 2015, under manager Diego Alonso, Lainez made his competitive debut with Pachuca in the Copa MX group stage match against Ascenso MX club Venados playing 85 mins in the 4–1 win.
Lobos BUAP
During the 17/18 season, Lainez signed on a loan deal with Lobos BUAP from Pachuca.
International career
Youth
Lainez was included in the roster to be part of the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[2] On 8 May 2015, he was also included to form part of the final roster that will participate in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[3] In Mexico's third group match against Serbia, Lainez played the last 35 minutes in the team's 2–0 loss.
Lainez was called up by Jaime Lozano to participate with the under-23 team at the 2019 Pan American Games,[4] with Mexico winning the third-place match.[5]
Senior
In September 2020, Lainez received his first senior national team call-up by Gerardo Martino for a training camp.[6]
Lainez received his second call-up to the senior national team, and made his debut on 8 December 2021 in a friendly match against Chile, coming in as a substitute in the 83rd minute for Sebastián Córdova.[7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 1 July 2023[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Pachuca | 2015–16 | Liga MX | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Zacatecas (loan) | 2015–16 | Ascenso MX | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 17 | 1 | ||
| 2016–17 | 35 | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 44 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 48 | 1 | 13 | 1 | — | — | 61 | 2 | ||||
| León (loan) | 2017–18 | Liga MX | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| BUAP (loan) | 2018–19 | Liga MX | 27 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 4 | ||
| Tijuana | 2019–20 | Liga MX | 23 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 3 | ||
| 2020–21 | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 37 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 44 | 3 | ||||
| América (loan) | 2020–21 | Liga MX | 19 | 1 | — | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | ||
| América | 2021–22 | 25 | 1 | — | — | — | 25 | 1 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 45 | 2 | — | 6 | 0 | — | 51 | 2 | ||||
| Juárez (loan) | 2022–23 | Liga MX | 26 | 1 | — | — | — | 26 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 185 | 11 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 221 | 12 | ||
- Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League
Personal life
Mauro's younger brother Diego is also a professional footballer. Both brothers started in Pachuca's Youth Academy. However, Mauro's brother decided to leave for América, while Mauro opted to stay at Pachuca.[10]
References
- "LIGA BBVA Bancomer MX". Ligamx.net. 1994-04-24. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
- "Conoce a Mauro Laínez, mediocampista de la Selección Nacional Sub-20". Vavel.com (in Spanish). Vavel. 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
- "Gama, Gudino headline Mexico's under-20 World Cup squad". ESPNFC.com. Tom Marshall. 2015-05-08. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
- "Football Men – Mexico Team Roster" (PDF). Lima 2019. 29 July 2019.
- "México rescató el Bronce en Panamericanos tras vencer a Uruguay con muchos apuros".
- "Hermano de Diego Lainez, convocado por primera vez al Tri Mayor". MedioTiempo.com.
- "¡Checa la convocatoria de México para enfrentar a Chile!". fanbolero.com. December 6, 2021.
- Mauro Lainez at Soccerway
- Mauro Lainez at National-Football-Teams.com
- "Los hermanos Lainez, tras los pasos de los Dos Santos, los Vela o los Rodríguez". Univision.com (in Spanish). Univision. 2017-06-01. Retrieved 2017-10-15.