Vázquez in 2014
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Personal information | |||||||||
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Full name | José Juan Vázquez Gómez | ||||||||
Date of birth | 14 March 1988 | ||||||||
Place of birth | Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico | ||||||||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||
Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||
Club information | |||||||||
Current team
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Guadalajara | ||||||||
Number | 23 | ||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||
2007–2008 | Atlético Comonfort | ||||||||
2008 | Atlético San Francisco | ||||||||
2008–2009 | Cuervos Negros de Zapotlanejo | ||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
2009–2012 | Celaya | 53 | (3) | ||||||
2012–2016 | León | 164 | (9) | ||||||
2016– | Guadalajara | 8 | (0) | ||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||
2014– | Mexico | 18 | (0) | ||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 October 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 May 2016 |
José Juan Vázquez Gómez (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse ˈxwam ˈbaskes]; born 14 March 1988) is a Mexican footballer, who plays mainly as a Defensive midfielder for Chivas in the Liga MX.
Vázquez is commonly known by his nickname "El Gallo" (Spanish for Rooster) for the way he styles his hair in a Mohawk.
José Juan Vázquez began playing football professionally at the age of 19 in the fourth and third divisions of Mexico with teams such as Atlético San Francisco and Atlético Comonfort in the fourth division, and for Cuervos Negros de Zapotlanejo, América Manzanillo, and finally his home town team Celaya in the third division.
During his stay with Celaya, he was a part of the squad that achieved promotion to the Liga de Ascenso (Second Division) for the Clausura 2011 tournament. Vázquez made his second division debut with Celaya on 29 July 2011 against Leones Negros in which he played the entire 90 minutes of the game and subsequently became an undisputed starter for the rest of the season. Vázquez eventually was loaned to Club León for the Clausura 2012 tournament, one season after accomplishing promotion with Celaya.
Vázquez arrived at León on 12 December 2011 on loan while the team was still playing the Liga de Ascenso. In his first season he started in every match, being substituted only once. During the Clausura tournament, León won the league final, giving them the right to play the Promotional final against Correcaminos, which they won by an aggregate score of 6–2, and earning promotion to the first division. Vázquez was eventually bought by León in May 2012.