Cristian Yonathan Calderón Del Real (born 24 May 1997), also known as Chicote, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga MX club Guadalajara.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cristian Yonathan Calderón Del Real[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-05-24) 24 May 1997 (age 25)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back, winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Guadalajara | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2013 | Nayarit | ||
| 2013–2014 | De los Altos | ||
| 2014–2016 | Atlas | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Atlas | 21 | (0) |
| 2019 | Necaxa | 36 | (10) |
| 2019– | Guadalajara | 73 | (9) |
| 2020– | → Tapatío (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Mexico U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2019 | Mexico U23 | 4 | (0) |
| 2019– | Mexico | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 January 2020 | |||
Calderón participated in the youth teams of Coras de Nayarit FC and C.D. De los Altos before joining Altas FC's youth team.[2] He made his professional debut with Altas on 21 October 2015 against Club 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] He became a starter for the first team in the 2018 Apertura.[3]
He was signed by Club Necaxa for the 2019 Clausura.[3] He made his debut for Necaxa on 5 March 2019, scoring his first goals as a brace against Club 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]
On 11 December 2019, it was announced that C.D. Guadalajara signed 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]
On 15 August 2020, he 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 Club 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]
In May 2019, Calderón was called up by Jaime Lozano to participate in that year's Toulon Tournament.[16] In the third-place match against the Republic of Ireland, he would score during the penalty shoot-out, helping Mexico win 4–3.[17]
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.[18]
| 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[lower-alpha 1] | 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 | 16 | 1 | — | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 73 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 11 | ||
| Tapatío (loan) | 2020–21 | Liga de Expansión MX | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Career total | 133 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 151 | 21 | ||
| Mexico | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 0 |
Individual
C.D. Guadalajara – current squad | |
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Apertura 2019 Liga MX Best XI | |
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