Ronaldo Cisneros Morell (born 8 January 1997) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward for

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club

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Early life

Ronaldo Cisneros Morell was born in Torreón, Coahuila, to Mario Cisneros. Mario named him Ronaldo because of the Brazilian football icon during the time, Ronaldo. Showing talent at a young age he caught the attention of a Santos Laguna youth recruiter.

Club career

Youth

Cisneros joined Santos youth academy in 2011. He continued through all the ranks from Santos Youth Academy successfully going through U-15, U-17, and U-20. He managed to become top scorer for the U-17 and U-20s squads. Portuguese coach Pedro Caixinha promoted Ronaldo to the first the team.

Santos Laguna

Cisneros made his professional debut in the

on October 24, 2014, in a 1–1 draw against

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. He scored a hat trick against Juárez in the Copa MX on September 13, 2017. After Santos began to struggle, Cisneros was not being considered in the first team as he was too young to take on big responsibilities and only played in the Copa MX and under-20s squad. His number was first 132, but a while after, it was changed to 97.

Guadalajara

On December 13, 2017, Cisneros was signed by

. He scored his first

goal on his debut for the club on January 20, 2018, against Club Necaxa.

International career

Youth

Cisneros was called up to the

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squad which participated in the

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. He went on to score 6 goals in only 5 appearances becoming one of the top scorers in the tournament. Cisneros was also called up to the

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and scored 2 goals in 5 appearances scoring against Vanuatu and Senegal. In May 2019, Cisneros was called up by Jaime Lozano to participate in that year's Toulon Tournament, where Mexico finished third in the tournament.

Honours

Guadalajara *

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Individual * CONCACAF Under-20 Championship Golden Boot:

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Best XI:

References

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Ronaldo Cisneros
at Medio Tiempo * 1997 births Living people Mexican men's footballers Footballers from Torreón Men's association football forwards Mexico men's under-20 international footballers Santos Laguna footballers C.D. Guadalajara footballers Atlético Zacatepec players Liga MX players Atlanta United FC players Major League Soccer players {{Mexico-footy-forward-stub