Javier Güémez López (born 17 October 1991) is a Mexican professional

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who plays as a

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for Liga MX club

Atlético San Luis Club Atlético de San Luis, commonly known as Atlético San Luis, is a Mexican professional football club based in San Luis Potosí, replacing San Luis Potosí's Liga MX team San Luis FC after its relocation. San Luis was promoted to Liga MX ...

Club career

Youth career

Güémez first joined Dorados youth academy in 2007. Continuing through Dorados de Sinoloa Youth Academy successfully going through

Dorados de Sinaloa Premier Club Social y Deportivo Dorados de Sinaloa Premier was a professional football team that played in the Mexican Football League. They were playing in the Liga Premier Serie B. Club Social y Deportivo Dorados de Sinaloa Premier was affiliated with ...

. Until finally reaching the first team, Francisco Palacios Tamayo being the coach promoting Güémez to first team.

Dorados De Sinaloa

Born in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Güémez began his career with local club

Dorados Dorados de Sinaloa, or Dorados, is a Mexican professional football club based on Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. History Dorados de Sinaloa was founded on August 9, 2003. The Dorados was the youngest team to play on First Division de México, ha ...

in 2010. On August 1, 2010, Güémez made his

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debut against

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ending in a 2–1 loss. He played a total of 66 league matches for the club.

Club Tijuana

Güémez was then transferred to

Club Tijuana Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente, commonly known as Tijuana, or simply as '' Xolos'', is a Mexican professional football club based in Tijuana. The club's badge is the founder's (Jorge Hank) hairless xoloitzcuintle, Hermoso. Founded o ...

in 2013. On August 9, 2013, Güémez made his competitive Liga MX debut against

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ending in a 2–0 win.

Club América

On 5 June 2015, Güémez was announced as the new signing for

Club América Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América or simply América, is a professional football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed ''Las Águilas'' (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football. ...

for the

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campaign.

Querétaro

On 6 June 2017

Querétaro Querétaro (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro, links=no; Otomi: ''Hyodi Ndämxei''), is one of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities. Its capi ...

officially signed Güémez. Güémez made his debut appearance with the club on July 22, 2017, against his former team

which ended in a 1–0 win.

Toluca

On 20 December 2019, it was announced that Güémez would join

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for the Clausura 2020 tournament.

International career

On 1 October 2014, Güémez was called to the senior national team for friendlies against Honduras and

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. On 5 October 2015, Güémez was called to replace

Giovani dos Santos Giovani dos Santos Ramírez ( ; born 11 May 1989) is a Mexican professional footballer. A versatile forward, dos Santos can play as an attacking midfielder, winger, and secondary striker. He is an Olympic gold medalist. Dos Santos began h ...

for the

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squad.

Career statistics

International

Honours

América *

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: 2015–16 Mexico *

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Guemez, Javier 1991 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Dorados de Sinaloa footballers Club Tijuana footballers Club América footballers Querétaro F.C. footballers Deportivo Toluca F.C. players Atlético San Luis footballers Liga MX players Mexico men's international footballers Footballers from Sinaloa Footballers from Culiacán 2015 Copa América players 21st-century Mexican people Mexican men's footballers