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Mexico · 2012–23

Javier Aquino

Stalwart RM, also RB, CAM Right-footed dribblerfinisher
Rating
80
Life
1990
Clubs
Cruz Azul, Villarreal CF, Rayo Vallecano
#33
Editorial rank of 33 for Mexico
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Twenty-nine seconds into the 2012 Olympic final at Wembley, Aquino's pass released Oribe Peralta, and Mexico led Brazil inside the opening minute of a match they won 2-1 for gold. That gold sits alongside five Liga MX titles with Tigres between 2015 and 2023, four Campeón de Campeones, the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League and the 2023 Campeones Cup, plus the 2015 CONCACAF Cup and 54 caps across the 2014 and 2018 World Cups. Career record: club career at Cruz Azul, Villarreal CF, Rayo Vallecano.

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Career record

2010–2013Cruz Azul
2013–2015Villarreal CF
2014–2014Rayo Vallecano
2015–todayTigres UANL
2016–todayC.D. Guadalajara
2016–2017C.D. Guadalajara
—FC Barcelona

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Around Aquino in the almanac

One rank above: Salvador Carmona at #32.

Mexico's editorial top five: Hugo Sánchez · Rafael Márquez · Andrés Guardado · Cuauhtémoc Blanco · Guillermo Ochoa.