Gibrán Lajud
.png) Lajud with Santos Laguna in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Manuel Gibrán Lajud Bojalil[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 25 December 1993 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mexico City, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Guanacasteca | ||||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2024 | Santos Laguna | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Guanacasteca | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Mexico U20 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Mexico U21 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Mexico U23 | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Mexico | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 October 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Manuel Gibrán Lajud Bojalil (born 25 December 1993) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Guanacasteca.
Club career
[edit]Early career
[edit]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.[2]
Tijuana
[edit]Lajud joined Tijuana on loan for the 2014–15 season.[3] 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.
Santos Laguna
[edit]On 10 July 2020, Lajud joined Santos Laguna.[4]
Guanacasteca
[edit]In December 2024, ahead of the 2025 season, Lajud signed with Costa Rican Liga FPD side A.D. Guanacasteca.[5]
International career
[edit]Mexico
[edit]Lajud was called up to the senior Mexico squad for a friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina in January 2018.[6] He did not appear in the match. He made his debut for Mexico in a 3–2 friendly win over Costa Rica on 10 December the same year.[7]
Lebanon
[edit]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 Lebanon national football team.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Lajud is of Lebanese descent.[9] He received his Lebanese passport on 6 November 2021.[10]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 1 February 2024[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tijuana (loan) | 2014–15 | Liga MX | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |
| Tijuana | 2015–16 | Liga MX | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Total | 125 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 152 | 0 | ||
| Santos Laguna | 2021–22 | Liga MX | 8 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 9 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Total | 19 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 145 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 175 | 0 | ||
- ^ Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League
- ^ Appearances in Leagues Cup
International
[edit]| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit]Mexico Youth
- CONCACAF U-20 Championship: 2013
- 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
[edit]- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 List of Players: Mexico" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2013. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2013.
- ^ "Manuel Gibran Lajud Bojalil". LigaMX.net (in Spanish). LIGA BBVA Bancomer MX. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "Todos los fichajes del Draft Apertura 2014 de la Liga MX | TUDN Liga MX | TUDN". www.tudn.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ Editorial (7 October 2020). "Gibrán Lajud, nuevo arquero de Santos Laguna". Mediotiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ Gibrán Lajud firma con el Guanacasteca de Costa Rica, telediario.mx, 19 December 2024
- ^ "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 at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "Gibrán Lajud". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
External links
[edit]- Gibrán Lajud at Soccerway
- Gibrán Lajud at Liga MX (archive) (in Spanish)
- Gibrán Lajud at ESPN FC
- Gibrán Lajud at Olympics.com
- Gibrán Lajud on Twitter
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- Footballers from Mexico City
- Mexican people of Lebanese descent
- Mexican men's footballers
- Mexican expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
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- Santos Laguna footballers
- A.D. Guanacasteca players
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