Adrián Mora Barraza (born 15 August 1997) is a Mexican professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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on loan from

Deportivo Toluca Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club S.A. de C.V. is a Mexican professional football club based in Toluca, State of Mexico. The club plays in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football, from which they have never been relegated. The club was f ...

Club career

Toluca

Mora joined Deportivo Toluca for the Apertura 2018 tournament from the team's Youth System. He made his professional debut on 5 September 2019 in a

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match against

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, where he also scored his first professional career goal. On 14 September 2018, Mora made his league debut for Toluca against

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. On that same match, he scored the first goal of his

career. Mora was signed by

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for the Apertura 2019 tournament, but on 27 June 2019 he was bought back by

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after the team paid 2 million dollars for the player.

International career

Mora was part of the under-22 squad that competed at the

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, where Mexico finished in third in the tournament. Mora was called up to participate in the

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, replacing

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who withdrew due to injury. He won the

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with the Olympic team.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Mexico U23 * Olympic Bronze Medal:

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* * * 1997 births People from Parral, Chihuahua Footballers from Chihuahua Living people 21st-century Mexican sportsmen Men's association football defenders Mexican men's footballers Deportivo Toluca F.C. players C.F. Monterrey players FC Juárez footballers Atlas F.C. footballers Liga MX players Olympic footballers for Mexico Olympic medalists in football Olympic bronze medalists for Mexico Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{Mexico-footy-defender-1990s-stub