Cristian Calderón
Mexican footballer (born 1997)
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Cristian Yonathan Calderón Del Real (born 24 May 1997), commonly known as Chicote, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga MX club Necaxa, on loan from América.
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| Full name | Cristian Yonathan Calderón Del Real[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 May 1997[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Necaxa (on loan from América) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Nayarit | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | De los Altos | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Atlas | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Atlas | 33 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Necaxa | 36 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Guadalajara | 105 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | → Tapatío (loan) | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | América | 51 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | → Necaxa (loan) | 8 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Mexico U21 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Mexico U23 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Mexico | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 January 2020 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Early career
Calderón participated in the youth teams of Coras de Nayarit FC and C.D. De los Altos before joining Altas' youth team.[2]
Atlas
2015–16: Debut season
Calderón made his professional debut with Altas on 21 October 2015 against Tijuana in a Copa MX quarter-finals match, ultimately winning 5–4 in a penalty shoot-out after a 2–2 tie. He made his Liga MX debut on 7 May 2016 against Tijuana, finishing in a scoreless draw.[3]
2018–19: Becoming first-choice
He became a starter for the first team in the 2018 Apertura.[3]
Necaxa
He was signed by Necaxa for the 2019 Clausura.[3] He made his debut for Necaxa on 5 March 2019, scoring his first goals as a brace against América, winning 3–1.[4] At the end of the 2019 Apertura, he was listed in the Best XI of the tournament.[5] According to a poll held by Mexican sports newspaper Récord, its readers voted Calderón as the best player of the tournament.[6]
Guadalajara
2019–20: Debut season and Liga MX Best XI
On 11 December 2019, Guadalajara reached an agreement to sign Calderón.[7][8] On 18 January 2020, he made his league debut with the club coming on as a substitute against Pachuca in a 0–0 tie.[9] Three days later, he would score his first goal with the club, scoring a stoppage-time header in a 2–1 loss against Dorados de Sinaloa during the first round-of-16 leg of the Copa MX.[10] A week later in the second leg, he would score a bicycle kick in a 1–0 victory,[11] helping send Guadalajara to a penalty shoot-out that was eventually lost.[12]
2020–21: Top performances and Guardianes semi-finalist
On 15 August 2020, Calderón scored the winning goal against Atlético San Luis in a 2–1 home victory, his first league goal with the club and giving newly appointed manager Victor Manuel Vucetich his first win with the club.[13] In November 2020, facing rivals América during the Guardianes championship quarter-finals, he scored three times, all long-range shots from outside of the box, in the span of two legs giving Guadalajara a 3–1 aggregate victory.[14][15]
América
On 3 January 2024, Calderón joined América on a free transfer.[16]
2025–26: Loan to Necaxa
On 1 July 2025, Necaxa officially announced the return of Calderón to the club, this time on loan.[17]
International career
Youth
In May 2019, Calderón was called up by Jaime Lozano to participate in that year's Toulon Tournament.[18] In the third-place match against the Republic of Ireland, he would score during the penalty shoot-out, helping Mexico win 4–3.[19]
Senior
In September 2019, Calderón received his first call-up to the senior national team by Gerardo Martino and on 2 October 2019 in a friendly against Trinidad & Tobago, he made his debut. He started the game and was substituted at half-time.[20]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 26 May 2024[21]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Atlas | 2015–16 | Liga MX | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 2017–18 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 21 | 0 | 15 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 0 | ||||
| Necaxa | 2018–19 | Liga MX | 18 | 5 | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 19 | 5 | ||
| 2019–20 | 18 | 5 | — | — | — | 18 | 5 | |||||
| Total | 36 | 10 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 37 | 10 | ||||
| Guadalajara | 2019–20 | Liga MX | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 6 | 2 | ||
| 2020–21 | 26 | 4 | — | — | — | 26 | 4 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 27 | 4 | — | — | — | 27 | 4 | |||||
| 2022–23 | 33 | 1 | — | — | — | 33 | 1 | |||||
| 2023–24 | 15 | 0 | – | – | 2[b] | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 105 | 9 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | 109 | 11 | |||
| Tapatío (loan) | 2020–21 | Liga de Expansión MX | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
| América | 2023–24 | Liga MX | 20 | 0 | — | 6[c] | 1 | — | 26 | 1 | ||
| 2024–25 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 20 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 26 | 1 | ||||
| Career total | 185 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 211 | 22 | ||
- Appearance in Supercopa MX
- Appearances in Leagues Cup
- Appearances in CONCACAF Champions Cup
International
- As of match played 19 November 2019[22]
| Mexico | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 0 |
Honours
América
- Liga MX: Clausura 2024,[23] Apertura 2024[24]
- Campeón de Campeones: 2024
- Supercopa de la Liga MX: 2024
- Campeones Cup: 2024
Individual
- Liga MX Best XI: Apertura 2019[5]
- Récord Player of the Tournament: Apertura 2019[6]