Mauro Lainez

Mauro Alberto Lainez Leyva (born 9 May 1996) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club América.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lainez and the second or maternal family name is Leyva.
Mauro Laínez
Lainez in 2020
Personal information
Full name Mauro Alberto Lainez Leyva
Date of birth (1996-05-09) 9 May 1996
Place of birth Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 América
Number 28
Youth career
Pachuca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Pachuca 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Zacatecas (loan) 48 (1)
2017–2018 → León (loan) 2 (0)
2018–2019 → BUAP (loan) 27 (4)
2019–2021 Tijuana 37 (3)
2021 → América (loan) 43 (2)
2022– América 0 (0)
National team‡
2015 Mexico U20 7 (1)
2019 Mexico U23 4 (1)
2021– Mexico 1 (0)
Honours
Representing  Mexico
Men's football
Pan American Games
2019 Lima Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 April 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 December 2021

Club career

Pachuca

Lainez was scouted at a young age and joined Pachuca's youth academy in 2011. [1] On 19 August 2015, under manager Diego Alonso, Lainez made his competitive debut with Pachuca in the Copa MX group stage match against Ascenso MX club Venados playing 85 mins in the 4-1 win.

Lobos BUAP

During the 17/18 season, Lainez signed on a loan deal with Lobos BUAP from Pachuca.

International career

Youth

Laínez was included in the roster to be part of the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[2] On 8 May 2015, Lainez was also included to form part of the final roster that will participate in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[3] In Mexico’s third group match against Serbia, Lainez played the last 35 minutes in the team’s 2-0 loss.

He was called up by Jaime Lozano to participate with the Mexico national under-23 team at the 2019 Pan American Games.[4] With Mexico winning the third-place match, Mexico received the bronze medal for the tournament.[5]

Senior

In September 2020, Lainez received his first senior national team call-up by Gerardo Martino for a training camp.[6]

Lainez received his second call-up to the senior national team, and made his debut on 8 December 2021 in a friendly match against Chile, coming in as a substitute in the 83rd minute for Sebastián Córdova.[7]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 9 April 2022[8]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Pachuca 2015–16 Liga MX —3[lower-alpha 1]0——30
Zacatecas (loan) 2015–16 Ascenso MX 1304[lower-alpha 1]1——171
2016–17 3519[lower-alpha 1]0——441
Total 481131——612
León (loan) 2017–18 Liga MX 203[lower-alpha 1]0——50
BUAP (loan) 2018–19 Liga MX 2744[lower-alpha 1]0——314
Tijuana 2019–20 Liga MX 2337[lower-alpha 1]0——303
2020–21 140———140
Total 373700000443
América (loan) 2020–21 Liga MX 191—6[lower-alpha 2]0—251
2021–22 241———241
Total 432006000492
Career total 15710301600019311
  1. Appearances in Copa MX
  2. Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League

International
As of match played 8 December 2021[9]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Mexico 202110
Total10

Personal life

Mauro Lainez has a younger brother called Diego Lainez, who also is also a professional footballer. Both brothers started in Pachuca's Youth Academy. However, Mauro's brother decided to leave for América, while Mauro opted to stay at Pachuca.[10]

Honours

Mexico Youth

References
  1. "LIGA BBVA Bancomer MX". Ligamx.net. 1994-04-24. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  2. "Conoce a Mauro Laínez, mediocampista de la Selección Nacional Sub-20". Vavel.com (in Spanish). Vavel. 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  3. "Gama, Gudino headline Mexico's under-20 World Cup squad". ESPNFC.com. Tom Marshall. 2015-05-08. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  4. "Football Men – Mexico Team Roster" (PDF). Lima 2019. 29 July 2019.
  5. "México rescató el Bronce en Panamericanos tras vencer a Uruguay con muchos apuros".
  6. "Hermano de Diego Lainez, convocado por primera vez al Tri Mayor". MedioTiempo.com.
  7. "¡Checa la convocatoria de México para enfrentar a Chile!". fanbolero.com. December 6, 2021.
  8. Mauro Lainez at Soccerway
  9. Mauro Lainez at National-Football-Teams.com
  10. "Los hermanos Lainez, tras los pasos de los Dos Santos, los Vela o los Rodríguez". Univision.com (in Spanish). Univision. 2017-06-01. Retrieved 2017-10-15.


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