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Cruz Azul Reserves And Academy
Cruz Azul Reserves and Academy represents the youth development and reserve team system of Cruz Azul. The reserve teams have historically provided a critical platform for players transitioning to professional football, competing in various levels of Football in Mexico, Mexican football. Over the years, Cruz Azul's reserves have been a cornerstone for developing young talent and ensuring continuity between youth and senior football. The current active reserve team is Cruz Azul Lagunas, which competes in the Liga TDP (Group II), the fourth tier of the Mexican football league system. Former reserve teams include Cruz Azul Hidalgo, which played in the Ascenso MX, Primera División "A" and later the Liga Premier de México, Liga Premier, as well as Cruz Azul Oaxaca, Cruz Azul Jasso, and Cruz Azul Premier, which competed in various leagues before being disbanded. Cruz Azul Academy is the Youth system, youth training system of the club, nurturing players from the U11 level to the U23 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Instalaciones La Noria
Instalaciones La Noria is the Training ground (association football), training ground and academy of professional Association football, football club Cruz Azul. It has been the home of Cruz Azul's reserve and youth teams for several years and, since 2020, also serves as the training ground for the Cruz Azul (women), club's women's team. Opened in 1990, it is located in the borough of Xochimilco in Mexico City. History Its history dates back to 1986 when Cooperativa La Cruz Azul, S.C.L., Cooperativa La Cruz Azul acquired a 46,600-square-meter piece of land with the goal of constructing its own facilities to replace the ''Seminario Menor de Acoxpa'', where the team had been training while renting the property. After four years of planning and construction, the complex was inaugurated on 10 October 1990. Since then, La Noria has been the home of Cruz Azul, becoming one of the most important high-performance centers in Latin America. Facilities This complex is equipped with foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youth System
In sporting terminology, a youth system (or youth academy) is a youth investment program within a particular team or league, which develops and nurtures young talent in farm teams, with the vision of using them in the first team if they show enough potential. In contrast to most professional sports in the United States where the high school and collegiate system is responsible for developing young sports people, most football and basketball clubs, especially in Europe and Latin America, take responsibility for developing their own players of the future. A subset of youth academies are referred to as elite academies, designated for teenagers and young adults. These academies typically have a higher cost of capital incurred for maintaining an optimal environment for practice as well as cups and other competitions that may be partaken. Elite academies often have full time staff including but not limited to coaches, physiotherapists, office staff and other roles that assist in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012–13 Ascenso MX Season
The 2012–13 Ascenso MX season took place from 20 July 2012 to 11 May 2013 and was divided into two tournaments named Apertura 2012 and Clausura 2013. The Ascenso MX is the second-tier Association football, football league of Mexico. The Apertura 2012 winner CF La Piedad, La Piedad defeated the Clausura 2013 winner Toros Neza, Neza in a promotional final and won the ascension to the 2013–14 Liga MX season. Changes from the previous season * Club León, León were promoted to Liga MX. * Estudiantes Tecos, Tecos were relegated from Liga MX. * Titanes Tulancingo, Titanes de Tulancingo, winners of Segunda División de México did not obtain a license to compete. The runners-up Club Proyecto Tecamachalco, Tecamachalco also did not obtain a license. Since no teams were promoted from the Segunda, the total number of teams competing was reduced to fifteen. * Club Universidad de Guadalajara, U. de G. avoided relegation due to the disaffiliation to Indios de Ciudad Juárez, Indios. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oaxaca City
Oaxaca de Juárez (), or simply Oaxaca (Valley Zapotec languages, Zapotec: ''Ndua''), is the capital and largest city of the eponymous Administrative divisions of Mexico, Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Oaxaca, the most populous municipality in Oaxaca and the fourth most densely populated municipality in Oaxaca, only being less densely populated than San Jacinto Amilpas, Santa LucÃa del Camino, and Santa Cruz Amilpas. It is in the Centro District, Oaxaca, Centro District in the Valles Centrales de Oaxaca, Central Valleys region of the state, in the foothills of the Sierra Madre at the base of the Cerro del FortÃn, extending to the banks of the Atoyac River (Oaxaca), Atoyac River. Heritage tourism makes up an important part of the city's economy, and it has numerous colonial-era structures as well as significant archeological sites and elements of the continuing native Zapotec civilization, Zapotec and Mixtec cultures. The cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodrigo Huescas
Rodrigo Jhossel Huescas Hurtado (born 18 September 2003) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger or right-back for Danish Superliga club Copenhagen and the Mexico national team. Club career Cruz Azul Huescas was a member of the Cruz Azul squad which won the Supercopa de la Liga MX against Atlas. Copenhagen On 11 July 2024, Huescas joined F.C. Copenhagen on 5-years deal. International career Huescas made his debut with the senior national team on 31 May 2024, in a friendly match against Bolivia, the match ended with Mexico taking a 1–0 win. Career statistics Club International Honours Cruz Azul *Liga MX: Guardianes 2021 *Campeón de Campeones: 2021 *Supercopa de la Liga MX: 2022 * Liga MX U15: Apertura 2018 Copenhagen * Danish Superliga: 2024–25 * Danish Cup: 2024–25 Mexico Youth * Revelations Cup: 2022 *Central American and Caribbean Games: 2023 Mexico *CONCACAF Nations League: 2024–25 Individual * Liga MX U15 Top Score ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago Giménez
Santiago Tomás Giménez Zolotarchuk (; born 18 April 2001) is a professional association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for club AC Milan. Born in Argentina, he represents the Mexico national football team, Mexico national team. Giménez started his career with Liga MX club Cruz Azul for four seasons winning various competitions, among them the 2020–21 Liga MX season#Torneo Guardianes 2021, league title and the Apertura 2018 Copa MX, Copa MX, before a transfer to Feyenoord in July 2022. His time in the Netherlands saw him win the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup and Johan Cruyff Shield. He joined AC Milan in 2025 for €37 million. Giménez made his full international debut for Mexico in 2021; he represented the country at the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup, scoring the winning goal in the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup final, final. He also won the 2025 CONCACAF Nations League Finals, 2025 edition of the CONCACAF Nations League, and finished as runner- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Osorio
Ricardo Osorio Mendoza (born 30 March 1980) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career Early career Born in Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, Osorio made his debut in the Primera División de México in 2001–02 season with Cruz Azul in a match against Atlante F.C., with a 3–1 victory. VfB Stuttgart After an outstanding performance at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Osorio signed a four-year, £4 million deal with German club VfB Stuttgart. He scored his first goal in the Bundesliga for Stuttgart on 16 February 2007. The goal came at the 44th minute of the match against Eintracht Frankfurt. Stuttgart went on to win the game 4–0. On 19 May 2007, Stuttgart defeated Energie Cottbus 2–1, winning the Bundesliga, with Osorio making one of the highest number of appearances for the season. On 2 May 2010, Stuttgart president Erwin Staudt announced that Osorio would be leaving the club on a Bosman transfer. Monterrey On 5 July 2010, he returned to M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Palencia
Juan Francisco "Paco" Palencia Hernández (born 28 April 1973) is a Mexican professional football manager and former footballer. Club career Cruz Azul Palencia trained with the Cruz Azul youth system at age 13 and made his debut in the Primera División (First Division) in 1994 at age 21. After finishing the 1995–1996 season with highly anticipated performances, Palencia was awarded the "Rookie of the Year Award", for most outstanding young player in the First Division. Palencia would go on to play seven seasons, captaining and scoring 91 goals for Mexico City's Club Deportivo Cruz Azul, and leading them to two championship titles in the CONCACAF Tournaments of 1996 and 1997, one championship title in the First Division in 1997, and second place in the Copa Libertadores of 2001. After finishing second place to Boca Juniors in the Copa Libertadores, Palencia departed from Cruz Azul at the end of the 2000–2001 season and went to Spain (on loan) to play for RCD Espanyol in L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Óscar Pérez (footballer, Born 1973)
Óscar Pérez Rojas (born 1 February 1973) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Nicknamed ''El Conejo'' (The Rabbit), he is regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in Mexican football history. With a club career spanning 26 years in Mexico's top flight, most notably with Cruz Azul and Pachuca, Pérez won the CONCACAF Champions League on three occasions, as well as two league titles and one domestic cup. He holds the national record for most league appearances, with 740. Pérez earned 55 caps for the Mexico national team between 1997 and 2010, winning three CONCACAF Gold Cup titles and the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup. He also featured in the 1998, 2002 and 2010 editions of the FIFA World Cup, in the two latter as first choice goalkeeper. Club career He was the starting goalkeeper for Cruz Azul since 1997 with the team winning the championship in the 1997 Winter Season. Pérez debuted for the team in 1993, facing Atlas which ended in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Hernández (footballer, Born 1968)
Luis Arturo Hernández Carreón (born 22 December 1968), commonly known as El Matador, is a Mexican former professional Association football, footballer. He is widely regarded as one of Mexico's most talented strikers. On the international stage, Hernández made 85 appearances and scored 35 goals. He represented Mexico national football team, Mexico at the FIFA World Cup in 1998 and 2002. Along with Javier Hernández, he is Mexico's all-time leading FIFA World Cup goalscorer. Club career In Mexico, Hernández played with a number of clubs, including Querétaro F.C., Cruz Azul, C.F. Monterrey, Club Necaxa, Club América, Tigres UANL, C.D. Veracruz, and Chiapas F.C., Chiapas, and was twice named Mexico's Player of the Year in 1997 and 1998. He also played in Mérida Argentina, when he was signed by South American club Boca Juniors after his brilliant performance in the 1997 Copa América, but he failed to break into the starting line-up and spent the rest of his time on the benc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octavio Muciño
Octavio Muciño Valdés (14 May 1950 – 3 June 1974) was a Mexican professional footballer who played as a centre-forward and midfield for Cruz Azul and Guadalajara as well as the Mexico national football team. Muciño was born in Jasso, Hidalgo where he played in Cruz Azul's youth academy until his debut with the senior team in 1969. During his time at Cruz Azul, Muciño won 3 league titles and 2 continental cups. His only season with Guadalajara, he managed to become the team's top goal scorer with 15 goals. At the time of his death, Muciño was regarded as a key player for the Mexico national football team alongside Enrique Borja. Along with Borja, Muciño is often cited to be one of the greatest Mexican forwards of his generation. In the early hours of 31 May 1974 Muciño was shot 3 times outside of a restaurant by 32-year old Jaime Antonio Muldoon Barreto, an engineer with whom he had a physical confrontation earlier in the evening. Muciño succumbed to his injuries and di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignacio Flores (Mexican Footballer)
Ignacio Flores Ocaranza (31 July 1953 – 11 August 2011) was a Mexican professional footballer who played as a right-back. Club career Born in Mexico City, Flores spent his entire professional career with Cruz Azul. He also represented Mexico at international level, and participated at the 1978 FIFA World Cup The 1978 FIFA World Cup was the 11th edition of the FIFA World Cup, a Anniversary#Latin-derived numerical names, quadrennial international Association football, football world championship tournament among the men's senior national teams. It wa .... Personal life Flores was killed when a van carrying his family was attacked by gunmen in August 2011. His brother, Luis Flores, also was a Mexico international footballer. References 1953 births 2011 deaths Footballers from Mexico City Men's association football fullbacks Mexican men's footballers Mexico men's international footballers 1978 FIFA World Cup players Cruz Azul footballers Liga MX players Peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
