Mauro Alberto Lainez Leyva (born 9 May 1996) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club Juárez.
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Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Mauro Alberto Lainez Leyva | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1996-05-09) 9 May 1996 (age 26) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Winger | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Juárez | |||||||||||||||
Number | 23 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
Pachuca | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2016–2019 | Pachuca | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2016–2017 | → Zacatecas (loan) | 48 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | → León (loan) | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2018–2019 | → BUAP (loan) | 27 | (4) | |||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Tijuana | 37 | (3) | |||||||||||||
2021 | → América (loan) | 32 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2021–2022 | América | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2022– | Juárez | 16 | (0) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2015 | Mexico U20 | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2019 | Mexico U23 | 4 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2021 | Mexico | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 December 2021 |
Lainez was scouted at a young age and joined Pachuca's youth academy in 2011.[1] On 19 August 2015, under manager Diego Alonso, Lainez made his competitive debut with Pachuca in the Copa MX group stage match against Ascenso MX club Venados playing 85 mins in the 4-1 win.
During the 17/18 season, Lainez signed on a loan deal with Lobos BUAP from Pachuca.
Lainez was included in the roster to be part of the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[2] On 8 May 2015, he was also included to form part of the final roster that will participate in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[3] In Mexico’s third group match against Serbia, Lainez played the last 35 minutes in the team’s 2-0 loss.
Lainez was called up by Jaime Lozano to participate with the under-23 team at the 2019 Pan American Games,[4] with Mexico winning the third-place match.[5]
In September 2020, Lainez received his first senior national team call-up by Gerardo Martino for a training camp.[6]
Lainez received his second call-up to the senior national team, and made his debut on 8 December 2021 in a friendly match against Chile, coming in as a substitute in the 83rd minute for Sebastián Córdova.[7]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Pachuca | 2015–16 | Liga MX | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Zacatecas (loan) | 2015–16 | Ascenso MX | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 17 | 1 | ||
2016–17 | 35 | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 44 | 1 | ||||
Total | 48 | 1 | 13 | 1 | — | — | 61 | 2 | ||||
León (loan) | 2017–18 | Liga MX | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
BUAP (loan) | 2018–19 | Liga MX | 27 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 4 | ||
Tijuana | 2019–20 | Liga MX | 23 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 3 | ||
2020–21 | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||||
Total | 37 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 44 | 3 | ||||
América (loan) | 2020–21 | Liga MX | 19 | 1 | — | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | ||
América | 2021–22 | 25 | 1 | — | — | — | 25 | 1 | ||||
Total | 44 | 2 | — | 6 | 0 | — | 50 | 2 | ||||
Juárez | 2022–23 | Liga MX | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
Career total | 174 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 11 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Mexico | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |
Mauro Lainez has a younger brother called Diego Lainez, who also is also a professional footballer. Both brothers started in Pachuca's Youth Academy. However, Mauro's brother decided to leave for América, while Mauro opted to stay at Pachuca.[10]
Mexico Youth
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