Javier Cortés Granados (born 20 July 1989) is a former Mexican professional

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who played as a

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. He is an Olympic gold medalist.

Club career

International career

He was on the Mexico national football team in the gold medal match at the 2012 Summer Olympics in which Mexico defeated Brazil, by a score of 2–1. Cortés has

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twice for the Mexico national team.

Career statistics

International

Honours

UNAM * Mexican Primera División: Clausura 2011 Santos Laguna * Liga MX: Clausura 2018 Mexico U23 * CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship:

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* * * 1989 births Living people Footballers from Mexico City Men's association football midfielders Mexico men's youth international footballers Mexico men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Mexico Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Mexico Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Club Universidad Nacional footballers Santos Laguna footballers Liga MX players 21st-century Mexican people Mexican footballers {{Mexico-footy-midfielder-stub