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Miguel Layún
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Mexico · 2015–21

Miguel Layún

Stalwart LB, also LM, CB Right-footed dribbler
Rating
82
Caps
71
Goals
6
Life
1988
Clubs
Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz, Club América, Club de Fútbol Monterrey
#30
Editorial rank of 33 for Mexico
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The people's rank, live from duel votes

Porto led 1-0 in Rome on 23 August 2016 when he rounded Wojciech Szczęsny and rolled the ball into an empty net, the second in a 3-0 win that put Roma out of the Champions League play-off. He won Mexico's 2015 Gold Cup and CONCACAF Cup, appeared at two World Cups, took the Primeira Liga with Porto in 2018, three Liga MX titles with América and one with Monterrey, and the CONCACAF Champions League in 2019 and 2021. Career record: 71 caps and 6 goals for Mexico; club career at Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz, Club América, Club de Fútbol Monterrey.

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Career record

2006–2006Querétaro
2007–2009Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz
2009–2010Atalanta BC
2010–2014Club América
2014–2015Watford
2015–2018FC Porto
2018–2018Sevilla
2018–2019Villarreal CF
2019–2021Club de Fútbol Monterrey
2021–2023Club América
Mexico71 caps, 6 goals

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Around Layún in the almanac

One rank above: Ignacio Flores at #29.

One rank below: Fernando Quirarte at #31.

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