Jesús Alberto Dueñas Manzo (born 16 March 1989), also known as El Pollo, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga MX club Juárez.
![]() Dueñas with Mexico in 2018 | ||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||
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Full name | Jesús Alberto Dueñas Manzo | |||||||||
Date of birth | (1989-03-16) 16 March 1989 (age 33) | |||||||||
Place of birth | Zamora, Michoacán, Mexico | |||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder, right-back | |||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||
Current team | Juárez | |||||||||
Number | 29 | |||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||
2008–2012 | Tigres UANL | |||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||
2011–2022 | Tigres UANL | 366 | (20) | |||||||
2022– | Juárez | 17 | (2) | |||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||
2009 | Mexico U20 | 3 | (0) | |||||||
2015–2018 | Mexico | 25 | (1) | |||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2018 |
Jesus Dueñas was from Petroleros de Salamanca but later moved to Tigres UANL, the team with which he debuted.[1] Since 2014, Dueñas has become the starting central midfielder of Tigres. He played a key role in the Copa Libertadores 2015.
In the Apertura 2016 finals against Club América, the teams tied 1-1 in the first leg at Estadio Azteca. In the historical second leg, played for the first time on 25 December, the teams tied 0-0 and went to overtime at the Estadio Universitario. At 95' Edson Álvarez scored the 1-0 for América and at 119' Dueñas tied dramatically with a header after a cross from Jürgen Damm, and led the match to penalty shoot-out. Nahuel Guzmán stopped three shots and Tigres became the Apertura 2016 champions.
In March 2015, Dueñas was called up to the senior national team by Miguel Herrera to compete in friendly matches against Ecuador and Paraguay. Dueñas played as starter in the 3-1 victory over Jamaica of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup finals at the Lincoln Financial Field of Philadelphia on July 26, 2015.
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Tigres UANL | 2011–12 | Liga MX | 16 | 1 | — | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||
2012–13 | 32 | 0 | — | 7[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 39 | 0 | ||||
2013–14 | 34 | 2 | 11 | 0 | — | — | 45 | 2 | ||||
2014–15 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | — | 48 | 5 | |||
2015–16 | 35 | 3 | — | 6[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 42 | 3 | |||
2016–17 | 44 | 6 | — | 8[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | — | 52 | 6 | ||||
2017–18 | 40 | 1 | — | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 45 | 1 | |||
2018–19 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 50 | 1 | ||
2019–20 | 27 | 1 | — | 6[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 7] | 0 | 36 | 1 | |||
2020–21 | 33 | 1 | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 34 | 1 | ||||
2021–22 | 30 | 1 | — | — | — | 30 | 1 | |||||
Total | 366 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 437 | 22 | ||
Juárez | 2022–23 | Liga MX | 17 | 2 | — | — | — | 17 | 2 | |||
Career total | 383 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 454 | 24 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Mexico | 2015 | 5 | 0 |
2016 | 11 | 1 | |
2017 | 7 | 0 | |
2018 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 25 | 1 |
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 11 February 2016 | Marlins Park, Miami, United States | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
Tigres UANL
Mexico
Individual
FC Juárez – current squad | |
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2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup Team of the Tournament | |
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Goalkeeper | |
Defenders | |
Midfielders | |
Forwards |
2016–17 Liga MX Best XI | |
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Apertura | |
Clausura |
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