Ángel Zaldívar Caviedes (born 8 February 1994) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Guadalajara.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ángel Zaldívar Caviedes | ||
| Date of birth | (1994-02-08) 8 February 1994 (age 28) | ||
| Place of birth | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Guadalajara | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Guadalajara | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013– | Guadalajara | 174 | (34) |
| 2015 | → Coras (loan) | 10 | (3) |
| 2019 | → Monterrey (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2020 | → Puebla (loan) | 9 | (2) |
| National team | |||
| 2015–2016 | Mexico U23 | 8 | (2) |
| 2016–2018 | Mexico | 6 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 October 2022 | |||
Zaldívar made his official debut on 28 July 2013 in a home game against Querétaro F.C.[1] He scored his first league goal in a match against Chiapas F.C. in which the team tied 1–1 in the last minute.
He was sent out on loan to Coras de Tepic in 2015 in order to gain playing time and experience.
On his return to Guadalajara he scored his first and second league goals against C.F. Pachuca which ended in a 4–4 draw. Zaldivar scored his 1st 2016 league goal and 4th professional goal with Guadalajara against Puebla to make the game 2–0 which the game ended in a 3–0 win for C.D. Guadalajara. He is a favorite when it comes to penalties, where his shooting abilities shine.
On January 1, 2019 it was announced that Zaldivar had joined Monterrey on loan for 1 year. On January 5, 2019 he made his debut in a 5-0 win against Pachuca he scored in the 84th minute.
On January 3, 2020 Puebla announced that they had acquired Zaldivar for a 6 month loan.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Guadalajara | 2012–13 | Liga MX | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | 22 | 1 | |||
| 2014–15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | 23 | 3 | 12[lower-alpha 1] | 3 | — | 35 | 6 | |||
| 2016–17 | 32 | 9 | 15[lower-alpha 2] | 2 | — | 47 | 11 | |||
| 2017–18 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 26 | 3 | ||
| 2018–19 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 20 | 7 | ||
| 2020–21 | 19 | 2 | — | — | 19 | 2 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 29 | 7 | — | — | 29 | 7 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 15 | 4 | – | — | 15 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 174 | 34 | 41 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 220 | 41 | ||
| Coras (loan) | 2014–15 | Ascenso MX | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 12 | 3 | |
| Monterrey (loan) | 2018–19 | Liga MX | 13 | 1 | — | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
| 2019–20 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Total | 16 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 3 | ||
| Puebla (loan) | 2019–20 | Liga MX | 9 | 2 | — | — | 9 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 209 | 40 | 47 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 264 | 49 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 0 | |
Guadalajara
Monterrey
Mexico Youth
C.D. Guadalajara – current squad | |
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