Aaron Christopher Cervantes (born March 20, 2002) is an American soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Premiership side Rangers.[2] Cervantes previously played for Orange County SC of the USL Championship.[3]
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Aaron Christopher Cervantes[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2002-03-20) March 20, 2002 (age 20) | ||
| Place of birth | Chino Hills, California, United States | ||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Rangers | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2017 | LA Galaxy | ||
| 2017–2018 | Pateadores SC | ||
| 2020– | Rangers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Orange County SC | 17 | (0) |
| 2021– | Rangers | 0 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Partick Thistle (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | United States U17 | 4 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:35, 22 January 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 02:14, 13 October 2019 (UTC) | |||
Cervantes signed his first professional deal with Orange County SC on March 15, 2018, at the age of 15.[4] He was the youngest ever player to sign a professional deal with the club.[4] Cervantes did not make any appearances in his first season with the club.[3] In his second season with the club, Cervantes broke into Orange County's first team, making 11 league appearances and 1 further appearance in the U.S. Open Cup.[3] His professional debut came against New Mexico United on March 23, 2019.[2] In between his second and third seasons with the club, Orange County and Rangers F.C. signed a partnership agreement that would result in the movement of players, due to this partnership Cervantes trained with the Glasgow side in December 2019.[5] In his third season with the club, Cervantes made 6 appearances in a season that was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] In October 2020 it was announced that Cervantes would leave Orange County for Scottish club Rangers for a deal that could rise to the high six figures.[6]
On October 7, 2020, it was announced that Cervantes would move to Rangers of the Scottish Premiership.[2] It was noted that due to the surrounding issues of COVID-19 that Cervantes would train with Orange County through December and then Rangers would loan him to another European team for the latter half of the 2020–21 season.[2]
On January 22, 2022, Cervantes joined Scottish Championship side Partick Thistle on a seven-day emergency loan deal.[7]
As of October 7, 2020[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Orange County SC | 2018 | USL Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
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