Jesús Alberto Alcántar Rodríguez (born 30 July 2003) is a Mexican professional

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who plays as a

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for

Liga MX Liga MX, also known as Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Mexico and the highest level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Liga Mayor (1943–1949) and also as Primera Divis ...

club

Necaxa Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa S.A. de C.V. (); often simply known as Club Necaxa, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in Aguascalientes (city), Aguascalientes. It competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican ...

Club career

Born in

Caborca Caborca is the municipal seat of the Caborca Municipality in the List of states of Mexico, Mexican state of Sonora. The city has a population of 67,604, while the municipal population was 89,122 as of 2020. History The Hohokam inhabited the a ...

Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into Municipalities of Sonora, 72 ...

, Alcántar started his career with

Cimarrones de Sonora The Cimarrones de Sonora Fútbol Club is a Mexican football club that plays in the Liga Premier de México. The club is based in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. History The "Cimarrones de Sonora" were born in 2013, when the "Rays" of Poblado Miguel ...

before a move to

Club Necaxa Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa S.A. de C.V. (); often simply known as Club Necaxa, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in Aguascalientes (city), Aguascalientes. It competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican ...

in 2020. After making his first team debut in February 2022, he was loaned to Portuguese club

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

to play for their ' B' team.

International career

Alcántar was called up to the under-20 team by

Luis Ernesto Pérez Luis Ernesto Pérez Gómez (born 12 January 1981) is a Mexican former professional footballer and current manager. Club career Pérez debuted in the Primera División with Necaxa in the 1999 Invierno season, playing his first game 21 Septemb ...

to participate at the 2021 Revelations Cup, appearing in three matches, where Mexico won the competition. In June 2022, he was named into the final 20-man roster for the

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, in which Mexico failed to qualify for the

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and

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. Alcántar made his senior

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debut on 31 May 2024, in a friendly against

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, the match took place at the

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and with Mexico taking the 1–0 win.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Mexico U20 * Revelations Cup:

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References

2003 births People from Caborca Footballers from Sonora Living people 21st-century Mexican sportsmen Men's association football defenders Mexican men's footballers Mexico men's youth international footballers Mexico men's under-20 international footballers Mexico men's international footballers Cimarrones de Sonora players Club Necaxa footballers Sporting CP B players Liga MX players Liga 3 (Portugal) players Mexican expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Portugal {{Mexico-footy-defender-2000s-stub