José Juan "JJ" Macías Guzmán (born 22 September 1999) is a Mexican professional
footballer
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who plays as a
forward for
Liga MX club
Guadalajara.
Club career
Guadalajara
In 2011, Macías joined
C.D. Guadalajara's youth academy. Six years later, now aged 17, coach
Matías Almeyda
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Nicknamed ''El Pelado'' ("bald one") despite his traditionally ...
called up Macías to form part of the first team. On 16 July, he made his official debut in the
2017 Campeón de Campeones match against
Tigres UANL
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. Six days later, he made his
league debut against
Toluca
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in a scoreless draw. On 8 August, Macías scored his first professional goal for Guadalajara in a
Copa MX
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match against
Juárez. On 28 October, he scored his first brace against
Tijuana
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in a 3–1 home win.
In December, it was confirmed that Macías would return to Guadalajara, with León stating that it was the player's decision. On 11 January 2020, he played his first match with Guadalajara since his loan stint against Juárez, and scored in the team's 2–0 win.
Prior to the start of the
2020–21 season, Guadalajara participated in the friendly preseason tournament
2020 Copa por México
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The tournament was held in t ...
. In the semi-final match against rivals
Club América
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, Macías scored within 19 seconds of the start, marking it as the fastest goal in a
Súper Clásico as Guadalajara won 4–3. He finished as the top scorer of the tournament with four goals but did not participate in the final against
Cruz Azul
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due to injury, where the Guadalajara finished as runner-ups.
León (loan)
In December 2018, Macías joined
Club León
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León has won the Primera División de México/Liga MX titl ...
on a year-long loan deal with an option to buy. He scored his first brace against
Querétaro
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in a 4–0 away victory. He scored eight goals during the regular phase of the
2019 Clausura, making him the top-scoring Mexican player in the tournament at only 19 years old. Macías scored another two goals in the
championship stage to take his total goal tally to ten as León progressed to the finals. He missed the finals against Tigres UANL due to receiving a call-up to play with the
Mexico national under-20 team at the
World Cup
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in Poland. He was listed on the Best XI of the
2019 Clausura.
Macías finished the
2019 Apertura with eight goals under his name.
Getafe (loan)
On 5 July 2021, Macías joined
La Liga
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club
Getafe
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Getafe is located 13 km south of Madrid's city centre, within a fla ...
on a season-long loan. He featured in eight matches overall for the side before having his loan terminated early on 31 January 2022.
Return to Guadalajara
On 30 June 2022, Macías suffered a major knee injury. He was sidelined for the remainder of the year. On 16 February 2023, Macías suffered a new knee injury. He is expected to be out of action between eight and nine months.
International career
Youth
On 25 October 2018, Macías was called up by
Diego Ramírez to participate in the
2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
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. He scored 10 goals in the tournament, including 4 against
Aruba, winning him the Golden Boot of the tournament. As Mexico would finish runner-up in the tournament, he was listed in the Best XI of the tournament. In April 2019, Macías was included in the 21-player squad to represent Mexico at the
U-20 World Cup in Poland.
Macías was included in the final roster that participated at the
2018 Toulon Tournament
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. He would go on to appear in three matches as Mexico finished runners-up.
Macías was included in the final roster that participated in the
2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
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. He appeared in two group stage matches as Mexico finished last in their group with one point.
Macías was called up by
Jaime Lozano to participate at the
2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship, scoring one goal in four appearances, where Mexico won the competition. He was in the final roster for
2020 Summer Olympics but withdrew due to injury, being subsequently replaced by
Adrián Mora
Adrián Mora Barraza (born 15 August 1997) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga MX club Juárez.
Club career Toluca
Mora joined Deportivo Toluca for the Apertura 2018 tournament from the team's Youth Sys ...
.
Senior
On 2 October 2019, Macías earned his first cap with the
senior national team in a friendly match against
Trinidad and Tobago
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, scoring on his debut in the team's 2–0 victory. A couple of days later, he would score in both
2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League fixtures. The first against
Bermuda
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, scoring his first brace with the national team winning 5–1, and the second against
Panama
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, coming on as a substitute to help break a 1–1 deadlock, scoring Mexico's second goal in an eventual 3–1 victory.
Career statistics
Club
International
:''Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Macías goal''.
Honours
Guadalajara
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CONCACAF Champions League
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2018
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Mexico U23
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CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship:
2020
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Individual
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CONCACAF Under-20 Championship Best XI:
2018
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CONCACAF Under-20 Championship Golden Boot:
2018
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Liga MX Best XI:
Clausura 2019
References
External links
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1999 births
Living people
Footballers from Guadalajara, Jalisco
Mexican footballers
Men's association football forwards
Mexico men's youth international footballers
Mexico men's under-20 international footballers
Mexico men's international footballers
Liga MX players
C.D. Guadalajara footballers
La Liga players
Getafe CF footballers
Mexican expatriate footballers
Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate footballers in Spain