Javier Cortés
Mexican footballer (born 1989)
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Javier Cortés Granados (born 20 July 1989) is a former Mexican professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is an Olympic gold medalist.[2]
Full name
Javier Cortés Granados
Date of birth
20 July 1989
Place of birth
Mexico City, Mexico
Height
1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
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Cortés with Mexico in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Javier Cortés Granados | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 20 July 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mexico City, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | UNAM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | Pumas Morelos[1] | 49 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2017 | UNAM | 244 | (25) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Santos Laguna | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | → Atlético San Luis (loan) | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 222 | (38) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Mexico U20 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Mexico U23 | 16 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Mexico | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Club career
Javier Cortés began his playing in the Segunda División for Prepa Pumas in the Apertura 2007 season. He quickly moved to Pumas' second team, Pumas Morelos, in the same Apertura 2007 season. He made his Primera División debut for Pumas UNAM first team on 24 August 2008 in a match against Pachuca.[3]
International career
He was in the Mexico national football team in the gold medal match at the 2012 Summer Olympics when Mexico defeated Brazil, 2–1.[4]
Career statistics
Honours
UNAM
Santos Laguna
Mexico U23
