Gilberto Sepúlveda
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| Full name | Gilberto Sepúlveda López[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 4 February 1999 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Guadalajara | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Diablos Azules de Guasave[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2019 | Guadalajara | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Guadalajara | 138 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Mexico U20 | 13 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Mexico U23 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Mexico | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 January 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Gilberto "Tiba" Sepúlveda López (born 4 February 1999) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga MX club Guadalajara.
Club career[edit]
Guadalajara[edit]
Sepúlveda made his professional debut with Guadalajara on 8 January 2019, during a Copa MX group stage match against Cimarrones de Sonora in a 2–1 victory.[3] He made his Liga MX debut with the club on 1 September, playing the entire match in a 1–1 tie against Cruz Azul.[4]
International career[edit]
Youth[edit]
On 25 October 2018, Sepúlveda was called up by Diego Ramírez to participate in that year's CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[5] As Mexico would finish runner-up in the tournament, he was listed in the tournament's Best XI.[6] In April 2019, Sepúlveda was included in the 21-player squad to represent Mexico at the U-20 World Cup in Poland.[7]
Sepúlveda participated at the 2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship, appearing in three matches, where Mexico won the competition.[8]
Senior[edit]
Sepúlveda received his first senior national team call up by Gerardo Martino for the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League A matches against Panama and Bermuda in November 2019.[3] On 30 September 2020, he made his debut with the national team in a friendly match against Guatemala, coming on as a substitute during the second half for a 3–0 victory.[9]
Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Guadalajara | 2018–19 | Liga MX | – | 6 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 35 | 0 | – | – | – | 35 | 0 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 26 | 1 | – | – | – | 26 | 1 | |||||
| 2022–23 | 40 | 2 | – | – | — | 40 | 2 | |||||
| 2023–24 | 19 | 0 | – | – | 1[a] | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 138 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 150 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 138 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 150 | 3 | ||
- ^ Appearance in Leagues Cup
International[edit]
- As of match played 10 June 2023[12]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Mexico | 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 0 | |
Honours[edit]
Mexico U23
Individual
- CONCACAF Under-20 Championship Best XI: 2018
References[edit]
- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Mexico" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
- ^ https://ligamx.net/cancha/jugador/101623
- ^ a b "El sinaloense Gilberto Sepulveda tiene su primer llamado a Selección mayor".
- ^ "Así vivió Gilberto Sepúlveda su debut".
- ^ "With the surprise of Diego Lainez, Mexico release call up for CONCACAF U-20 Championship". FMF State of Mind. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ "TSG announces the 2018 CU20 Best XI". CONCACAF.com. 21 November 2018.
- ^ "Convocatoria de la Selección Nacional de México Sub-20". MiSeleccion.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ "México derrotó a Honduras en penales y se alzó como campeón de Concacaf rumbo a Tokio". Infobae. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ Marshall, Tom (30 September 2020). "Mexico beats Guatemala in first match of 2020 at empty Estadio Azteca". ESPN.
- ^ Gilberto Sepúlveda at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "Liga MX Profile". Liga MX. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ Gilberto Sepúlveda at National-Football-Teams.com
External links[edit]
- Gilberto Sepúlveda López at Liga MX (archive) (in Spanish)
- Gilberto Sepúlveda at WorldFootball.net
- Gilberto Sepúlveda at Soccerway
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- 1999 births
- Living people
- Mexican men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- C.D. Guadalajara footballers
- Liga MX players
- Tercera División de México players
- People from Guasave
- Footballers from Sinaloa
- Mexico men's under-20 international footballers
- Mexico men's international footballers
- 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
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