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(Redirected from Alberto Medina Briseño) Mexican footballer (born 1983) In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Medina and the second or maternal family name is Briseño.
Alberto Medina
Medina playing for Guadalajara
Personal information
Full name Alberto Medina Briseño
Date of birth (1983-05-29) 29 May 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2012 Guadalajara 323 (54)
2006 Chivas Coras Tepic 1 (0)
2007 Tapatío 1 (0)
2012 Pachuca 6 (0)
2013–2014 Puebla 31 (1)
2014–2015 → Chiapas (loan) 4 (0)
2015–2016 Oaxaca 25 (1)
2016–2017 Coras 23 (2)
Total 414 (58)
International career
2003–2010 Mexico 55 (6)
Medal record
Representing  Mexico
Winner CONCACAF Gold Cup 2009
Runner-up CONCACAF Gold Cup 2007
Third place Copa América 2007
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alberto Medina Briseño (born 29 May 1983) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a winger. He is known as El Venado (The Deer) due to his speed.

Club career

Medina made his professional debut for Chivas on 8 August 2000 at 17 years. 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. Medina had the game – winning assist in the championship game of 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 Martínez 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.

On June 2, 2012, Chivas sold Medina to Pachuca due to the poor last two seasons he had. Medina played for Chivas from 2000 to 2012 where he registered 323 caps on the Mexican League with 52 goals, and 39 assists.

Later that year, on November 28, Pachuca confirmed that Medina was sold to Puebla F.C. for the next season.

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 Selección de fútbol de México (Mexico national 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, scoring in all the friendlies before the start of the tournament, but did not appear in any matches.

Career statistics

International

As of match played 3 June 2010
National team Year Apps Goals
Mexico 2003 2 0
2004 3 1
2005 18 1
2006 1 0
2007 11 0
2009 11 0
2010 9 4
Total 55 6

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

Honours

Guadalajara

Mexico

References

  1. "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional".
  2. "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional".
  3. Alberto Medina at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

Mexico squads
Mexico squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup fourth place
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Mexico squad – 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup
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Mexico squad – 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup runners-up
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Mexico squad – 2007 Copa América third place
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Mexico squad – 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners (5th title)
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Mexico squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup
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