Pablo Monroy

Pablo Monroy
Personal information
Full name Pablo Alfonso Monroy Reyes
Date of birth (2002-07-22) 22 July 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Pachuca, Mexico
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Full-back
Team information
Current team
UNAM[1]
Number 13
Youth career
2019-2022 UNAM
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– UNAM 44 (0)
International career
2023– Mexico U23 9 (1)
2024– Mexico 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 May 2024

Pablo Alfonso Monroy Reyes (born 22 July 2002) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Liga MX club UNAM and the Mexico national team.

Club career

Monroy is a homegrown player from the Pumas UNAM youth academy[2] and made his debut for the Pumas senior team on 16 February 2023, playing 75 minutes in a 3-1 Liga MX Clausura loss against Necaxa.[3] While Monroy has primarily been deployed as a right-back, he has proven to be a key utility player as he has filled in as a left-back as well.[4]

International career

Monroy made his debut for the Mexico U-23 team on 12 June 2023 in a 2-0 loss to Australia at the 2023 Maurice Revello Tournament.[5] He also participated for Mexico at the 2023 Pan American games,[6] providing an assist in the bronze-medal match to help Mexico earn a bronze medal at the tournament[7][8] before returning to Pumas for club duty.[9]

Monroy made his senior national team debut on 31 of May 2024, in a friendly match against Bolivia, played at Chicago's Soldier Field, the match ended with a 1–0 Mexican win.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of 17 March 2024
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
UNAM 2022–23 Liga MX 10 0 10 0
2023–24 26 0 26 0
2024–25 0 0 0 0
Total 36 0 36 0
Career total 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0

International

As of match played 31 May 2024[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Mexico 2024 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

Mexico U23

References

  1. ^ "Pablo Monroy". liga mx.net. liga mx. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Chivas, el grande que más canteranos utiliza en Liga MX". TELEMUNDO.com (in Spanish). 2023-10-24. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  3. ^ "Necaxa 3-1 Pumas UNAM (Feb 15, 2023) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  4. ^ "Pumas: Las otras POSICIONES en las que jugaba Alfonso Monroy". Bolavip Mexico (in Mexican Spanish). 2023-04-27. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  5. ^ "Mexico U23 0-2 Australia U23 (Jun 12, 2023) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  6. ^ rhzunam80 (2023-10-20). "Mexico name U23 squad for Pan American Games". FMF State Of Mind. Retrieved 2023-11-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Buckley, Thomas (2023-11-05). "Historic gold for Mexico's women, men earn bronze at Pan Am Games". Playing for 90. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  8. ^ "U.S. Men's Pan American Team Finishes Fourth at 2023 Pan American Games after 4-1 Loss to Mexico | U.S. Soccer Official Website". www.ussoccer.com. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  9. ^ Gómez, Sebastián (2023-11-06). "Pumas recupera a José Caicedo y Alfonso Monroy para el partido ante Chivas". Diario AS (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  10. ^ Reséndiz, Mac (1 June 2024). "Selección Mexicana: ¿Quiénes debutaron ante Bolivia?". ESPNDeportes.com. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  11. ^ Pablo Monroy at National-Football-Teams.com