Alberto Medina

Alberto Medina

Personal information
Full name	Alberto Medina
Date of birth	(1983-05-29) May 29, 1983 (age 28)
Place of birth	Culiacán, Mexico
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Forward Right Wing Midfielder Left Wing Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Guadalajara
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000–	Chivas	309	(52)
National team‡
2003–	Mexico	56	(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 April 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 June 2010

Alberto Medina Briseño (born May 29, 1983 in Culiacán, Sinaloa) is a Mexican footballer. He currently plays for C.D. Guadalajara, alternating between Forward and Attacking Midfielder. Wearing number 10, he is nicknamed El Venado (The Deer) by fans.

Biography

Medina made his professional debut for Chivas on August 8, 2000 at only 17 years old, and won an award for most promising player. Alberto "El Venado" Medina (at time of reporting) had seven goals in the Apertura 2006, alongside his partners Adolfo Bautista and Omar Bravo, and he was a major factor in Chivas' Championship win for the Apertura 2006 Tournament.

Beto (Medina) had a tremendous start to the Clausura 2007 Tournament, he scored six goals in eighteen games in the league. One of his more amazing goals came in the Super Clasico game against rivals America. A lob pass came from Diego Martinez which Medina controlled in the box and with a perfect technique, cut and finished excellently with a powerful shot over America's goalie Guillermo Ochoa. Chivas went on to win 2-0 at home. Medina is part of attacking duo in the pitch alongside his teammate Omar Bravo, often switching sides on either wing to confuse the rival team. Alberto has shown that he is an important part of Chivas with his blistering speed, ball control and accurate crosses.

International career

Ricardo Lavolpe called Medina to Mexico's national team many times, be it for friendly matches in 2003, the Athens Olympic Games in 2004, or for the 2005 Confederations Cup in Germany as a substitute for senior players such as Jared Borgetti or fellow Chivas player Ramón Morales.

He was called upon once again to represent the Mexican national football team during Hugo Sánchez's tenure as coach. He represented his country in the 2007 Gold Cup tournament where they were finalist. He also played in Venezuela in the Copa América 2007 where his country won 3rd place and only losing to Argentina in the semi-finals.

Alberto was recalled to the national team under coach Javier Aguirre's second stint. Medina made Aguirre's squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup but did not appear in any matches.

International goals

Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	November 10, 2004	Alamodome, San Antonio, United States	Guatemala	2–0	2–0	Friendly
2.	July 13, 2005	Reliant Stadium, Houston, United States	Jamaica	1–0	1–0	2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup
3.	May 10, 2010	Soldier Field, Chicago, United States	Senegal	1–0	1–0	Friendly
4.	May 16, 2010	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Chile	1–0	1–0	Friendly
5.	May 30, 2010	Hans-Walter Wild Stadion, Bayreuth, Germany	Gambia	5–1	5–1	Friendly
6.	June 3, 2010	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Italy	2–0	2–1	Friendly

Honors

Club

Chivas de Guadalajara

• Mexican Championship: Apertura 2006
• Interliga 2009

International

Mexico

• Winner (1): CONCACAF Gold Cup 2009

External links

• Chivas de Guadalajara Official site (in Spanish)
• FootballDatabase.com provides Alberto Medina's profile and stats
• Alberto Medina stats at Medio Tiempo.com (Spanish)
• Alberto Medina at National-Football-Teams.com

Mexico squads v t e Mexico squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Fourth Place 1 Sánchez 2 Galindo 3 Salcido 4 Márquez 5 Osorio 6 Torrado 7 Sinha 8 Pardo (c) 9 Borgetti 10 Bravo 11 Morales 12 Muñoz 13 Márquez Lugo 14 Pineda 15 Sánchez Guerrero 16 Méndez 17 Fonseca 18 Carmona 19 Medina 20 Rodríguez 21 Lozano 22 Pérez 23 Corona Coach: La Volpe v t e Mexico squad – 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 Muñoz 2 Rodríguez 3 Salcido 4 Osorio 5 López 6 7 Sinha 8 R. García 9 Borgetti 10 Bravo 11 Osorno 12 Corona 14 Pineda 15 Morales 16 Méndez 17 Márquez Lugo 18 Padilla 19 Medina 20 J. García 21 Galindo 22 Altamirano 23 Pérez Coach: La Volpe v t e Mexico squad – 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup Runners-up 1 O. Sánchez 2 Magallón 3 Salcido 4 Márquez 5 Osorio 6 Torrado 7 Medina 8 Pardo 9 Borgetti 10 Blanco 11 Morales 12 Corona 13 Ochoa 14 Pinto 15 Castro 16 Lozano 17 Fonseca 18 Guardado 19 Bravo 20 Arce 21 Castillo 22 Rodríguez 23 Bautista Coach: H. Sánchez v t e Mexico squad – Copa América 2007 Third Place 1 O. Sánchez 2 Magallón 3 Pinto 4 Márquez (c) 5 I. Castro 6 Torrado 7 Medina 8 Correa 9 Landín 10 Blanco 11 Morales 12 Cacho 13 Ochoa 14 Pineda 15 J. Castro 16 Lozano 17 Bautista 18 Guardado 19 Bravo 20 Arce 21 Castillo 22 Rodríguez Coach: H. Sánchez v t e Mexico squad – 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners (5th title) 1 Ochoa 2 Magallón 3 Rodríguez 4 Dueñas 5 Pinto 6 Torrado (c) 7 Medina 8 I. Castro 9 Bravo 10 Franco 11 Vela 12 Corona 13 Barrera 14 Sabah 15 J. Castro 16 Esquivel 17 dos Santos 18 Cárdenas 19 Noriega 20 Martínez 21 Valenzuela 22 Juárez 23 Pérez Coach: Aguirre v t e Mexico squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup 1 Pérez 2 Rodríguez 3 Salcido 4 Márquez (c) 5 Osorio 6 Torrado 7 Barrera 8 Castro 9 Franco 10 Blanco 11 Vela 12 Aguilar 13 Ochoa 14 Hernández 15 Moreno 16 Juárez 17 Dos Santos 18 Guardado 19 Magallón 20 Torres Nilo 21 Bautista 22 Medina 23 Michel Coach: Aguirre