Ángel Baltazar Sepúlveda Sánchez[a] (born 15 February 1991) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Cruz Azul.
 Sepúlveda in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ángel Baltazar Sepúlveda Sánchez | ||
| Date of birth | 15 February 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Apatzingán, Michoacán, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cruz Azul | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2013 | Morelia | 25 | (4) |
| 2013 | → Toros Neza (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Atlante | 29 | (6) |
| 2014–2017 | Querétaro | 87 | (11) |
| 2017–2018 | Morelia | 37 | (5) |
| 2018 | Guadalajara | 5 | (0) |
| 2019 | Necaxa | 19 | (2) |
| 2019–2021 | Tijuana | 19 | (2) |
| 2020–2021 | → Querétaro (loan) | 34 | (9) |
| 2021 | → Necaxa (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Querétaro | 50 | (14) |
| 2023– | Cruz Azul | 18 | (8) |
| International career | |||
| 2016–2017 | Mexico | 8 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 November 2023 | |||
Club career edit
Sepúlveda was born in Apatzingán, Michoacán. made his senior team debut on September 18, 2010, as a substitute in a match against Atlante in a 2 - 0 loss of Monarcas.[1]
Sepúlveda scored his first goal on April 4, 2011, against Chiapas that gave Monarcas the win in a 2 - 1 victory. He scored his second and third goal against Tempête Football Club during the preliminary rounds of the first leg and second leg of the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League. On October 10, 2011, he scored his fourth goal Pachuca to tie the game 2-2 during a regular season matchup of the 2011–12 Mexican Primera División season. On December 4, 2011, he came off as a substitute yet again replacing the injured Miguel Sabah and scored two goals against Santos Laguna to tie up the aggregate score 4-4 but due to Santos Laguna's higher seeding on the league table they failed to advance for the final of the Liguilla
C.D Guadalajara announced the signing of Sepúlveda on 7 June 2018.
Career statistics edit
International edit
- As of match played 24 July 2017[2]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 2016 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | 6 | 1 | |
| Total | 8 | 2 | |
International goals edit
- Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.[3]
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2 September 2016 | Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador |  El Salvador |
2–1 | 3–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 16 July 2017 | Alamodome, San Antonio, United States |  Curaçao |
1–0 | 2–0 | 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
Honours edit
Querétaro
Notes edit
- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sepúlveda and the second or maternal family name is Sánchez.
References edit
- ^ "Atlante 2 - 0 Morelia - mediotiempo.com". www.mediotiempo.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-23.
- ^ Ángel Sepúlveda at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "A. Sepúlveda". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
External links edit
- Ángel Sepúlveda – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
- Ángel Sepúlveda at ESPN FC
- Ángel Sepúlveda at imscouting.com
- Ángel Sepúlveda at match-endirect.com
- Ángel Sepúlveda at FBref.com
- Ángel Sepúlveda at WorldFootball.net
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