Alexis Cerritos
Salvadoran footballer (born 2000)
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Ronald Alexis Cerritos Castañeda (born 2 October 2000), better known as Alexis Cerritos, is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Corpus Christi in USL League One. Born in the United States, he plays for the El Salvador national team.
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Cerritos in action with Central Valley Fuego | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ronald Alexis Cerritos Castañeda | ||
| Date of birth | 2 October 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Clarita, California, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Corpus Christi | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2018 | D.C. United | ||
| 2019 | Pachuca | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019 | Loudoun United | 1 | (0) |
| 2020 | AD Oliveirense | 2 | (0) |
| 2020 | Orange County SC | 3 | (0) |
| 2021 | Rio Grande Valley FC | 22 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | Central Valley Fuego | 50 | (10) |
| 2024 | Huntsville City | 4 | (0) |
| 2024 | Lexington SC | 16 | (3) |
| 2025 | AV Alta | 19 | (6) |
| 2026– | Corpus Christi | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | El Salvador U17 | 7 | (3) |
| 2018 | El Salvador U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2017– | El Salvador | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 February 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 January 2020 | |||
Professional
Loudoun United acquired Cerritos for the remainder of Loudoun's 2019 season.[1]
After a short stint in Portugal with AD Oliveirense, Cerritos returned to the United States, joining USL Championship side Orange County SC on September 12, 2020.[2]
Following his release from Orange County at the end of the 2020 season, Cerritos moved to USL Championship side Rio Grande Valley FC on April 7, 2021.[3]
Cerritos signed with MLS Next Pro club Huntsville City FC on 29 January 2024.[4]
In January 2026, Cerritos joined USL League One club Corpus Christi ahead of the club's first professional season.[5]
International
Cerritos was called up to the El Salvador national under-17 football team for the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship.[6] He played in all the matches El Salvador played in the tournament, and scored their only goal in the tournament.[7]
Cerritos debuted for the El Salvador national football team in a friendly 1–0 win over Canada.[8] At 17 years old and 6 days, Cerritos became the second youngest player to debut for El Salvador, and the first player born in the 21st century.[9]
Personal life
Cerritos was born in Santa Clarita, California, and was raised in Bowie, Maryland, United States.[10]
Cerritos' father, Ronald Cerritos, was also a professional footballer who played for the El Salvador national football team.[11]