Paul Aguilar

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Aguilar and the second or maternal family name is Rojas.
Paul Aguilar

Aguilar playing for Mexico at the 2014 FIFA World Cup,
Personal information
Full name Paul Nicolás Aguilar Rojas
Date of birth (1986-09-10) 10 September 1986
Place of birth Concordia, Sinaloa, Mexico
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current team
 América
Number 22
Youth career
2002–2004 Pachuca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2004–2011 Pachuca 136 (11)
2004–2005 → Indios (loan) 37 (2)
2011– América 159 (12)
National team‡
2007– Mexico 50 (5)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 September 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 July 2015

Paul Nicolás Aguilar Rojas (born 6 March 1986) is a Mexican footballer, who plays at mainly right-back for América of Liga MX, and the Mexico national team.[2] He was part of the Mexican team that participated in the 2010 and 2014 World Cups. He was also part of the Mexican team that won the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup held in the United States.

Aguilar is known for being an offensive-minded defender with exceptional pace who can overlap other midfielders to join in an attacking play and who also has an accurate shot from long-distance.

Club career

Pachuca

Paul Aguilar began his career with Pachuca Club de Fútbol in 2002. He started off in Pachuca's affiliate (second division) team, Pachuca Juniors. In 2004 he was loaned to Indios de Ciudad Juárez for two seasons in order to gain more experience. After returning to Pachuca in 2005 and making 27 appearances with the "B team" (Pachuca Juniors), Aguilar made his first-team debut in the 2006 Apertura tournament on 6 August in a match against Cruz Azul, with the match ending in a 2–3 defeat. Paul Aguilar played the entire ninety minutes and scored a goal in the 56th minute of the game. Pachuca won the 2007 Clausura championship after defeating América in the final. Paul Aguilar became a mainstay within the squad and won the confidence of manager Enrique Meza. Aguilar would barely miss a game since earning a starting position at right-back during the 2008 Clausura. Paul Aguilar also participated in the 2008 and 2010 FIFA Club World Cups with Pachuca. His performance with the club earned him a spot in the final 23-man national team squad who would play the 2010 FIFA World Cup. After five years and ten seasons with Pachuca, Paul Aguilar was sold to América for the 2011 Apertura in exchange for Juan Carlos Silva and Enrique Esqueda.[3]

América

Paul Aguilar was officially transferred from Pachuca to América on 23 May 2011 for the Apertura 2011 tournament.[4] Aguilar made his debut with América on 31 July 2011 in a league match against Toluca, which ended in a 1–1 draw.[5] Upon his arrival Aguilar became a popular player with the club's fans.[6] He is also known for his acrobatic goal celebrations, doing peculiar dances and back-flips. Paul scored his first goal with América in the 90th minute against arch-rivals Guadalajara in the Súper Clásico which América won with a 1–0 score.

On 26 May 2013, Paul Aguilar won his first title with América after defeating Cruz Azul in the Clausura final, playing in both legs.[7]

On 26 March 2014, Aguilar signed a two-year contract extension with América, which will keep him at the club until 2016.[8] Aguilar had previously stated publicly that he would like to end his career at América.[9]

Aguilar made his 100th league appearance for América on 30 May in the 4–0 win over Guadalajara.[10][11]

Career statistics

Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Pachuca 18100--2100202
23300--2030283
39400--7400468
2009-10 24100--0020261
2010-11 32100--0000321
Total 1361000--0115018915
América 2011-12 28220--0000302
2012-13 40260--0000462
2013-14 38100--1000391
2014-15 36300--7000433
2015-16 19200--0020212
Total 1611080---82017910
Career Total 2972580--1907036825

International career

Mexico national team

Aguilar with Mexico in 2010.

In October 2007, Paul Aguilar received his first call-up by coach Hugo Sánchez to play a friendly match against Nigeria, however he received no playing time. In 2009 Aguilar was called up again, now by coach Javier Aguirre, and made his debut with the national team on 30 September 2009 in a friendly match against Colombia in Dallas, with the match ending in a 1–2 defeat for Mexico. Paul Aguilar played the entire ninety minutes and scored his first international goal on his debut. He scored a simple tap-in goal inside the box being assisted by Javier Hernández. In early 2010 Javier Aguirre called up Aguilar to play international friendlies in preparation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Mexico's first game of 2010 was a 5–0 win over Bolivia, in which Paul scored his second goal for Mexico in only his second appearance. He scored off a corner-kick, being assisted by Braulio Luna. Paul Aguilar made the final cut for those participating in the 2010 World Cup.[12] He started in Mexico's first game against South Africa, but was substituted out for Andrés Guardado. He did not participate in any of the next three matches. In 2011 Aguilar participated in the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup held in the United States, however only playing in one match in the competition (the semi-final match against Honduras). Aguilar also participated in the 2011 Copa America held in Argentina, playing in all three group matches as a right-back. In 2012 he saw no activity with the national team.

In 2013 Aguilar received a call up by new coach Miguel Herrera for the two World Cup intercontinental playoff matches against New Zealand. Aguilar would go on to score Mexico's first goal in the 5–1 win over New Zealand at the Estadio Azteca on 13 November. The playoff ended in a combined 9-3 win for Mexico, thus qualifying them to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Aguilar would be included in the final 23-man squad for the tournament. During the 2014 World Cup Paul started all 4 matches that Mexico played during the tournament.

International goals

As of 15 July 2015

Honours

Club

Pachuca
América

International

Mexico

References

  1. ↑ "Paul Aguilar profile". clubamerica.com. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Paul Aguilar Liga MX stats at Medio Tiempo.com (Spanish)
  3. ↑ http://televisadeportes.esmas.com/futbol/futbolmexico/equipos/pachuca/291492/paul-aguilar-reforzara-al-america/
  4. ↑ "Paul Aguilar llega al América". Medio Tiempo. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  5. ↑ "Toluca 1 - 1 América". Medio Tiempo. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  6. ↑ http://americamonumental.com/aguilas/las-travesuras-de-paul-aguilar-en-el-entrenamiento
  7. ↑ "¡América es Campéon de la Liga MX!". Club América. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  8. ↑ "Paul Aguilar firma por dos años man con el América". Radio Fórmula. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  9. ↑ "Paul Aguilar quiere retirarse en el América". Diario Récord. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  10. ↑ "Paul Aguilar por el centenario en el clásico". Club América. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  11. ↑ "Crónica: Chivas 0-4 América". Club América. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  12. ↑ http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/players/player=289195/index.html

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