Gibrán Lajud
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Manuel Gibrán Lajud Bojalil | ||
Date of birth | 25 December 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Santos Laguna | ||
Number | 25 | ||
Youth career | |||
Cruz Azul | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014 | Cruz Azul | 0 | (0) |
2014–2015 | → Tijuana (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2015–2020 | Tijuana | 125 | (0) |
2020– | Santos Laguna | 8 | (0) |
National team | |||
2013 | Mexico U20 | 1 | (0) |
2014 | Mexico U21 | 4 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Mexico U23 | 23 | (0) |
2018 | Mexico | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 October 2021 |
Manuel Gibrán Lajud Bojalil (born 25 December 1993) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga MX club Santos Laguna.
Club career[]
Early career[]
Lajud joined the youth academy of Cruz Azul in 2009, and made his way up the ranks through the academy, playing for the under-17 and under-20 squads. He was called up to the first team.[1]
Tijuana[]
Lajud joined Tijuana on loan for the 2014–15 season. On 26 July 2014, he made his professional debut against Club América. He came on as a substitute for the injured Cirilo Saucedo in the 73rd minute.
After the retirement of Federico Vilar, Lajud was named the starting goalkeeper for Tijuana.
International career[]
Mexico[]
Lajud was called up to the senior Mexico squad for a friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina in January 2018.[2] He did not appear in the match. He made his debut for the Mexican side in a 3–2 friendly win over Costa Rica on 10 December the same year.[3]
Lebanon[]
During the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, the Lebanese Football Association attempted to include Lajud to play for Lebanon, after Lebanon qualified for the third round; Lajud has yet to complete the FIFA one-time switch requirement in order to join the Lebanese national football team.[4]
Personal life[]
Lajud is of Lebanese descent.[5] He received his Lebanese passport on 6 November 2021.[6]
Career statistics[]
International[]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Mexico | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |
Honours[]
Mexico U20
- CONCACAF U-20 Championship: 2013
Mexico U23
- Central American and Caribbean Games: 2014
- CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship: 2015
- Pan American Silver Medal: 2015
Individual
- CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship Best XI: 2015
- CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship Golden Glove: 2015
References[]
- ^ "Manuel Gibran Lajud Bojalil". LigaMX.net (in Spanish). LIGA BBVA Bancomer MX. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "Mexico vs Bosnia and Herzegovina". ESPN. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ "Mexico vs. Costa Rica - Football Match Report - October 11, 2018 - ESPN".
- ^ "Gibran Lajud could play the World Cup with Lebanon". Today in 24 English. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ Said Rodriguez (14 June 2014). "Refuerzo Xolos - Manuel Gibran Lajud de Cruz Azu" (in Spanish). San Diego Red. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ Gibran Lajud [@gibranlajud] (6 November 2021). "Con mucho orgullo les comparto que he recibido mi pasaporte Libanes" – via Instagram.
- ^ "Gibrán Lajud". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
External links[]
- Gibrán Lajud at Soccerway
- Gibrán Lajud at Liga MX (in Spanish)
- Gibrán Lajud at ESPN Deportes (in Spanish)
- Gibrán Lajud at the International Olympic Committee
- Gibrán Lajud on Twitter
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Mexico City
- Mexican people of Lebanese descent
- Mexican footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Cruz Azul footballers
- Club Tijuana footballers
- Santos Laguna footballers
- Liga MX players
- Olympic footballers of Mexico
- Mexico international footballers
- Footballers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games medalists in football
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico
- Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople of Lebanese descent
- Citizens of Lebanon through descent
- Mexican football goalkeeper stubs