Javier Antonio Orozco Peñuelas[a] (born 16 November 1987) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is popularly known by his nickname "Chuletita".[1]

Javier Orozco
Personal information
Full name Javier Antonio Orozco Peñuelas
Date of birth (1987-11-16) 16 November 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2002–2005 Cruz Azul
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2010 Cruz Azul Hidalgo 43 (22)
2005–2013 Cruz Azul 126 (29)
2013–2017 Santos Laguna 85 (24)
2016Chiapas (loan) 12 (1)
2017Veracruz (loan) 6 (0)
2017–2020 Tampico Madero 67 (26)
2021 Cancún 15 (2)
2021 Xelajú 23 (5)
International career
2010–2015 Mexico 14 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Mexico
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Winner 2015 United States–Canada Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 December 2021

Club career edit

Orozco made his debut on September 17, 2005, against Tigres, a game which resulted in a 1–2 victory for Cruz Azul. In the 2010 Apertura, he scored the first goal of the season, and currently leads the season with 6 goals. He scored 4 goals and had an assist against Real Salt Lake of MLS to defeat them 5–4.[2] He is also the top goalscorer in CONCACAF Champions League history, as he has netted 24 times.

On 8 June 2016, Jaguares made the signing of Chuletita official for the Apertura 2016.[3]

International career edit

Orozco got his first call-up by interim coach Efraín Flores for friendly matches on September 4 and 7, 2010, against Ecuador and Colombia, respectively. He started for the first time on October 12, against Venezuela. In 2015 he was called up to represent Mexico in the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup after Javier Hernández suffered an injury in a friendly before the tournament, Mexico later went on to win that tournament

Personal life edit

Javier Orozco is the son of Luis Antonio Orozco who played in Atletico Tecoman and Irapuato FC in the 1980s and also is brother to Luis Orozco that plays for Club Tijuana who is also a striker. Orozco is nicknamed "Chuletita" (little pork-chop). The nickname comes from his father, Luis Antonio Orozco, who earned the moniker "Chuleta" when he was six years old, by his father, who would tell him "vete por las chuletas" — a Mexican slang saying which roughly translates to "go get the money."

Honours edit

Cruz Azul

Santos Laguna

Mexico

Individual

Career statistics edit

Club edit

As of 28 February 2016[5]

Club Season League Copa MX Concachampions Libertadores Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cruz Azul 2005-06 3 0 - - - - - - 3 0
2006-07 0 0 - - - - - - 0 0
2008-09 10 2 - - 6 7 - - 16 9
2009-10 23 5 - - 10 5 - - 33 11
2010-11 29 6 - - 11 11 - - 40 17
2011-12 22 7 - - - - 6 5 28 12
2012-13 39 9 9 5 - - - - 48 14
Total 126 29 9 5 27 23 6 5 168 62
Santos Laguna 2013-14 30 10 1 0 - - 5 2 36 12
2014-15 36 12 13 5 - - - - 49 17
2015-16 19 2 - - 4 1 - - 23 3
Total 85 24 14 5 4 1 5 2 108 32
Career totals 211 53 23 10 31 24 11 7 276 94

International edit

As of match played 27 July 2015[6]
National team Year Apps Goals
Mexico 2010 3 0
2013 4 0
2014 4 0
2015 3 0
Total 14 0

Notes edit

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Orozco and the second or maternal family name is Peñuelas.

References edit

  1. ^ Chuletita Orozco, de figura en Liga MX al olvido en el Ascenso‚ mediotiempo.com, 12 June 2017
  2. ^ http://www.imscouting.com/global-news-article/22-year-old-Javier-Orozco-scored Archived 2013-12-20 at the Wayback Machine 4 goals-and-an-assists-in-CONCACAF-win-Video/9293/
  3. ^ "Javier Orozco jugará con Jaguares de Chiapas".
  4. ^ "E-planning". Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
  5. ^ "Javier Orozco - Cruz Azul - mediotiempo.com". Archived from the original on 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  6. ^ Javier Orozco at National-Football-Teams.com

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