Oswaldo Alanís Pantoja (born 18 March 1989) is a Mexican professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Estudiantes Tecos

Since 2007, Alanís had been playing with

Estudiantes Tecos Tecos Fútbol Club, simply known as Tecos, is a Mexican professional football club based in Zapopan, Jalisco, and associated with the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara (UAG). It competes in Liga Premier, the third level division of Mexican ...

in the Mexican Second division and after his second year with the team they won the promotion to the first division in 2009. He made his debut in the first division with Tecos under coach

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April 29, 2009, against

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in the

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. He came in as a substitute for

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in the 82 minute of the match, the match ended in a 2–1 win for Tecos. He made his

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debut January 27, 2010 against

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which ended in a 0–2 loss. Alanís scored his first and only goal for Tecos, March 12, 2010, against

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clinching a win for Tecos. Oswaldo formed part of the team that participated in the

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he played four games and scored a goal against

in the 3rd minute of the match, Heading the ball in the left side of the post.

Santos Laguna

on May 31, 2012, it was officially announced Oswaldo Alanís would join newly crowned champions

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for the Apertura 2012 season. He made his debut with Santos September 1, 2012 against

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, which ended in a 3–1 win for Santos. During the

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Alanís and his team made it to the final against cross town rivals

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the Match ended in a 4–2 loss for Santos. Osvaldo won 2nd place in the Tournament. Alanís made his return to the

after a 4-year absence on February 11, 2014, against

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winning the match. Alanís scored his first goal for Santos July 26, 2013 against

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, Santos won the match 3–2.

Guadalajara

On June 10, 2015, it was officially announced Oswaldo Alanís was signed by

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. He made his debut on 2 August 2015 at home against

, but was substituted in the 9th minute due to an injury. In January 2018, Alanís entered into a contract dispute with Guadalajara, resulting in him being separated from the first-team and being sent to train with the under-20 squad. Following prolonged negotiations, it was announced Alanís would stay with the club for the remainder of his contract, thus allowing him to play in the

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tournament. It was also revealed that Alanís would move abroad at the end of the season.

Getafe

On 7 May 2018, Ángel Torres, president of Spanish club

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, announced Alanís would join the club following the

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. On 20 August, he was released from Getafe one month after signing with the club and without featuring in an official match.

Real Oviedo

On 28 August 2018,

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reached an agreement with Alanís, joining the team for two years. The following 12 June, after appearing in 24 league matches, he terminated his contract with the club.

Return to Guadalajara

On 12 June 2019, it was announced that Alanís rejoined his former club

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on free transfer.

San Jose Earthquakes

On 4 February 2020, it was announced that the

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acquired Alanís on loan, the first such move of his career.

International career

Youth

Alanís was a part of the Mexico team that participated in the

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and only appeared once in a 0–0 draw against

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. Mexico would be placed last in their group and failed to qualify to the

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. Alanís was included in the preliminary squad for those participating in the

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but did not make the cut and was left out the tournament.

Senior

In June 2011, Alanís was called up by coach

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to dispute the

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. He did not participate in the tournament. Three years after his last call-up to the senior national team, he was called up by coach

(who debuted him in the first division with

in 2009) to the national team for two friendlies against

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on September 6, where he made his debut, and

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on September 9, where he scored his first goal with the senior team. His second international career goal was in a

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match against Honduras, where he scored a header from a corner kick in a 3–0 home victory for Mexico. In May 2018, Alanís was named in Mexico's preliminary 28-man

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for the

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, but did not make the final 23.

Career statistics

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.''

Honours

Santos Laguna *

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: Clausura 2015 *

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: Apertura 2014 Guadalajara *

: Clausura 2017 *

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, Clausura 2017 *

Supercopa MX Supercopa MX () was an association football competition in Mexico and the domestic super cup between the Copa MX champions of the ''Apertura'' and ''Clausura'' tournaments. Initially played in a two-legged and later with a single final match. It w ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

Mexico *

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Individual *

Best XI:

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alanis, Oswaldo 1989 births Living people Footballers from Michoacán Mexican men's footballers People from Morelia Men's association football defenders Liga MX players Tecos F.C. footballers Santos Laguna footballers C.D. Guadalajara footballers Segunda División players Getafe CF footballers Real Oviedo players 2011 Copa América players 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup players Mexico men's international footballers CONCACAF Gold Cup–winning players Mexican expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain San Jose Earthquakes players Major League Soccer players CONCACAF Champions Cup–winning players 21st-century Mexican sportsmen