Adrián Mora Barraza (born 15 August 1997) is a Mexican professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Juárez.

Club career

Toluca

Mora joined Deportivo Toluca for the Apertura 2018 tournament from the team's Youth System. He made his professional debut on 5 September 2019 in a Copa MX match against

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, where he also scored his first professional career goal. On 14 September 2018, Mora made his league debut for Toluca against

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. On that same match, he scored the first goal of his

career. Mora was signed by

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for the Apertura 2019 tournament, but on 27 June 2019 he was bought back by

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after the team paid 2 million dollars for the player.

International career

Mora was part of the under-22 squad that competed at the

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, where Mexico finished in third in the tournament. Mora was called up to participate in the

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, replacing

José Juan Macías José Juan "JJ" Macías Guzmán (born 22 September 1999) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Guadalajara. Club career Guadalajara In 2011, Macías joined C.D. Guadalajara's youth academy. Six years l ...

who withdrew due to injury. He won the

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with the Olympic team.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Mexico U23 *

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* * * 1997 births Living people Liga MX players Deportivo Toluca F.C. players Association football defenders Olympic footballers of Mexico Olympic medalists in football Olympic bronze medalists for Mexico Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics People from Parral, Chihuahua Footballers from Chihuahua Mexican footballers {{Mexico-footy-defender-stub