Eduardo Daniel Aguirre Lara (born 3 August 1998), also known as El Mudo, is a Mexican professional

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who plays as a forward for Liga MX club

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, on loan from

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. Aguirre represented Mexico in various youth levels, especially at the

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, representing the Mexico U21 team, where he was the top scorer with 7 goals.

Club career

Aguirre started his youth career at

in 2013 and broke into the senior team in 2017. He subsequently joined Tampico Madero on loan in 2017, where he would have his senior debut against Zacatepec on 22 July 2017, finishing with a 0–0 draw. On 14 February 2018, he would score his first senior goal against Universidad de Guadalajara in a 4–2 victory. On 16 February 2020, Aguirre scored his first goal against

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in a 2–1 victory, managing to score both goals for his team.

International career

Youth

He was part of the roster that participated in the

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in Chile. In the round-of-16 match against

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, he would score Mexico's third goal at the 69th minute where the team won 4–1. He was called up for the

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. He was part of the roster that participated at the

. He was the top scorer of the tournament with 7 goals. He was also part of the roster that participated at the

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. He would score Mexico's 2 goals in the entire tournament, scoring a penalty in their 2–1 loss against

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and giving Mexico the lead against Haiti but eventually tying 1–1, ending up as last in Group B with 1 point. In May 2019, Aguirre was called up by

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to participate in that year's

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, where Mexico finished third in the tournament. Ruled out for the

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as it was not a FIFA-sanctioned tournament, Aguirre was called up to participate in the

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. He won the bronze medal with the Olympic team.

Senior

Aguirre received his first call-up to the senior national team by Gerardo Martino, and made his debut on 27 October 2021 in a friendly match against

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, coming in as a substitute in the 65th minute for

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Mexico Youth *

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: 2015 * Olympic Bronze Medal:

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Individual *

Golden Boot:

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Best XI:

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aguirre, Eduardo 1998 births Living people Footballers from Coahuila Mexican men's footballers Men's association football forwards Santos Laguna footballers C.D.S. Tampico Madero footballers Liga MX players Mexico men's youth international footballers Mexico men's under-20 international footballers Mexico men's international footballers People from San Pedro, Coahuila Olympic footballers for Mexico Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in football Olympic bronze medalists for Mexico Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics