José Joaquín Esquivel

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Esquivel and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.
José Joaquín Esquivel
Personal information
Full name José Joaquín Esquivel Martínez
Date of birth (1998-01-07) 7 January 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Zacatecas, Mexico
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Mazatlán
Number 16
Youth career
2012–2016 Pachuca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Pachuca 2 (0)
2014–2015 → Zacatecas (loan) 13 (0)
2018–2019 → Lobos BUAP (loan) 32 (0)
2019–2022 Juárez 71 (1)
2022–2023 Necaxa 37 (0)
2023– Mazatlán 25 (1)
International career‡
2015–2016 Mexico U17 13 (0)
2017–2018 Mexico U20 3 (0)
2018–2019 Mexico U21 3 (0)
2019–2021 Mexico U23 24 (0)
2021– Mexico 1 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Mexico
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima Team competition
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 August 2021

José Joaquín Esquivel Martínez (born 7 January 1998) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga MX club Mazatlán.[1]

Club career

Esquivel debuted for Pachuca against Querétaro on 24 September 2016.[2]

International career

Youth

Esquivel was called up by Mario Arteaga to compete in the 2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship, where he wore the captain armband, leading the team to win the tournament. He subsequently participated in the U-17 World Cup to a fourth-place finish.

Esquivel was called up for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[3]

Esquivel was included in the under-21 roster that participated in the 2018 Toulon Tournament,[4] where Mexico would finish runners-up.

Esquivel was called up by Jaime Lozano to participate with the under-22 team at the 2019 Toulon Tournament,[5] attaining third place in the tournament.[6] He was later called up for the 2019 Pan American Games,[7] with Mexico winning the third-place match.[8]

Esquivel participated at the 2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship, where Mexico won the competition. He was subsequently called up to participate in the 2020 Summer Olympics. Esquivel won the bronze medal with the Olympic team.[9]

Senior

On 30 June 2021, Esquivel made his senior national team debut in a friendly match against Panama.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 September 2023[11]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Pachuca 2016–17 Liga MX 2 0 — 2[a] 2 — 4 2
2017–18 — 8 0 — — 8 0
Total 2 0 8 0 2 2 — 12 2
Zacatecas (loan) 2014–15 Ascenso MX 2 0 3 0 — — 5 0
2015–16 11 0 4 0 — — 15 0
Total 13 0 7 0 — — 20 0
Lobos BUAP (loan) 2018–19 Liga MX 32 0 — — — 32 0
Juárez 2019–20 Liga MX 22 1 — — — 22 1
2020–21 21 0 — — — 21 0
2021–22 28 0 — — — 28 0
Total 71 1 — — — 71 1
Necaxa 2022–23 Liga MX 34 0 — — — 34 0
2023–24 3 0 — — 2[b] 0 5 0
Total 37 0 — — 2 0 39 0
Mazatlán 2023–24 Liga MX 19 1 — — — 19 1
Career total 174 2 15 0 2 2 2 0 193 4
  1. ^ Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League
  2. ^ Appearances in Leagues Cup

International

As of match played 30 June 2021[12]
National team Year Apps Goals
Mexico 2021 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

Pachuca

Mexico Youth

References

  1. ^ "LIGA BBVA Bancomer MX". Ascensomx.net. Archived from the original on 2016-04-17. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
  2. ^ "José Joaquín Esquivel Debutó con Pachuca". LigaMX.net (in Spanish). LIGA BBVA Bancomer MX.
  3. ^ "Convocatoria de la SNM Sub-20 para la Copa del Mundo de la FIFA Corea 2017". miseleccion.mx. FMF. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Revelan convocatoria del Tri Sub-21 para el torneo Esperanzas de Toulon". ESPN (in Spanish). 22 May 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Convocatoria Final de la SNM Sub 22 Para el Torneo Maurice Revello" (in Spanish). Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C. 23 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Mexico clinch third place in 2019 Toulon Tournament after win on penalty kicks". Fmfstateofmind.com. 15 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Football Men – Mexico Team Roster" (PDF). Lima 2019. 29 July 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  8. ^ "México rescató el Bronce en Panamericanos tras vencer a Uruguay con muchos apuros".
  9. ^ "Revelan lista oficial de la Selección Sub-23 que acudirá a Tokio 2020". 5 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Mexico v Panama game report". ESPN. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  11. ^ José Joaquín Esquivel at Soccerway
  12. ^ José Joaquín Esquivel at National-Football-Teams.com
  13. ^ "Mexico win Olympic bronze medal after beating hosts Japan at Tokyo 2020". Goal. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.


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