Aaron Cervantes

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Aaron Cervantes
Personal information
Full name Aaron Christopher Cervantes[1]
Date of birth (2002-03-20) March 20, 2002 (age 19)
Place of birth Chino Hills, California, United States
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Rangers
Youth career
2015–2017 LA Galaxy
2017–2018 Pateadores SC
2020– Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Orange County SC 17 (0)
2021– Rangers 0 (0)
National team‡
2018–2019 United States U17 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:53, 07 October 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 02:14, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

Aaron Christopher Cervantes (born March 20, 2002) is an American soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Rangers in the Scottish Premiership.[2] Cervantes previously played for Orange County SC of the USL Championship.[3]

Professional career[]

Orange County SC[]

Cervantes signed his first professional deal with Orange County SC on March 15, 2018, at the age of 15.[4] He was the youngest ever player to sign a professional deal with the club.[4] Cervantes did not make any appearances in his first season with the club.[3] In his second season with the club, Cervantes broke into Orange County's first team, making 11 league appearances and 1 further appearance in the U.S. Open Cup.[3] His professional debut came against New Mexico United on March 23, 2019.[2] In between his second and third seasons with the club, Orange County and Rangers F.C. signed a partnership agreement that would result in the movement of players, due to this partnership Cervantes trained with the Glasgow side in December 2019.[5] In his third season with the club, Cervantes made 6 appearances in a season that was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] In October 2020 it was announced that Cervantes would leave Orange County for Rangers F.C. for a deal that could rise to the high six figures.[6]

Rangers[]

On October 7, 2020, it was announced that Cervantes would move to Rangers F.C. of the Scottish Premiership.[2] It was noted that due to the surrounding issues of COVID-19 that Cervantes would train with Orange County through December and then Rangers would loan him to another European team for the latter half of the 2020–21 season.[2]

Career statistics[]

As of October 7, 2020[7]

Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Orange County SC 2018 USL Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 11 0 1 0 0 0 12 0
2020 6 0 - 0 0 6 0
Total 17 0 1 0 0 0 18 0
Career total 17 0 1 0 0 0 18 0

References[]

  1. ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019: List of Players: USA" (PDF). FIFA. October 31, 2019. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "U.S. youth GK Cervantes joins Scottish side Rangers". ESPN.com. October 7, 2020. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "USA – A. Cervantes – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Communications, Orange County SC (March 15, 2018). "15-Year-Old Goalkeeper Aaron Cervantes Signs Professional Contract with Orange County SC". Orange County Soccer Club. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  5. ^ Cusick, Aiden (March 3, 2020). "Club say Rangers took on 3 of their young stars, Ibrox coaches gave positive feedback on one". HITC. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  6. ^ "U.S. youth GK Cervantes joins Scottish side Rangers". ESPN.com. October 7, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  7. ^ "Aaron Cervantes Stats". FBref.com. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
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