Mario Humberto Osuna Pereznúñez (born 20 August 1988), also known as El Mono, is a Mexican professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for
Liga MX
The Liga MX, officially known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional football division in Mexico, holding 2 tournaments per year.
The league is considered the strongest in North America, and among the strongest in a ...
club
Juárez.
Club career
Osuna began his career with local team
Sinaloa
Sinaloa (), officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sinaloa), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is d ...
, debuting when he was aged 20 and after a few months he became an undisputed starter for the Dorados.
In the fall of 2012, his team reached the final of the
Ascenso MX
Ascenso MX was the second tier of professional football in Mexico of the Mexican football league system. The champion of the competition was promoted to Liga MX (top-flight tier). The bottom team was relegated to Liga Premier (the third tier). ...
, the Mexican Segunda Division, and won the
Copa MX
The Copa MX (formerly called Copa Tower Monterrey, Copa Eliminatoria, Copa México and Copa Corona MX (for sponsorship reasons)) was a Mexican football cup competition that was established in 1907. After a lengthy hiatus that began in 1997, it wa ...
, becoming the first ever Segunda Division club to win the competition.
After four years, thanks to his good performances, he was bought at the end of the year by
Querétaro
Querétaro (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro, links=no; Otomi language, Otomi: ''Hyodi Ndämxei''), is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. I ...
quickly becoming a regular starter. He made his debut for the Gallos Blancos on 5 January 2013 on a 2–2 draw against
León and scored his first goal on 19 July on a 1–3 loss against
Morelia
Morelia (; from 1545 to 1828 known as Valladolid) is a city and municipal seat of the municipality of Morelia in the north-central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. The city is in the Guayangareo Valley and is the capital and larg ...
.
International career
In April 2015, Osuna received his first call-up to the
senior national team (managed by
Miguel Herrera
Miguel Ernesto Herrera Aguirre (born 18 March 1968), popularly referred to by his nickname "Piojo" (Spanish for "louse"), is a Mexican former professional footballer and current manager. He is the head coach of Liga MX club Tijuana.
A former ...
) for a friendly game against the
United States
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, where he made his debut.
Salcedo, “Chaka” y Osuna las novedades de Miguel Herrera para amistoso contra EU
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Career statistics
International
Honours
Querétaro
*Copa MX
The Copa MX (formerly called Copa Tower Monterrey, Copa Eliminatoria, Copa México and Copa Corona MX (for sponsorship reasons)) was a Mexican football cup competition that was established in 1907. After a lengthy hiatus that began in 1997, it wa ...
: Apertura 2016
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1988 births
Living people
Dorados de Sinaloa footballers
Footballers from Sinaloa
Sportspeople from Culiacán
Association football midfielders
Liga MX players
Querétaro F.C. footballers
Atlético Morelia players
Mexico international footballers
2015 Copa América players
Mexican footballers
21st-century Mexican people