Israel Luna (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Israel Luna López | ||
| Date of birth | 23 March 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Pachuca | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2016–2021 | Pachuca | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Pachuca | 34 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Mexico U17 | 15 | (7) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2019 | |||
Israel Luna López (born 23 March 2002) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Liga MX club Pachuca.
Club career
[edit]Luna started his youth career with Pachuca, making his debut with the first team in 10 July 2022, in a 2-1 victory against Cruz Azul.[1] On 22 August 2022, he scored his first goal in 1-0 win against León.[2]
On 10 July 2023, in a match against León, Luna suffered an ACL injury on his right knee that kept him out for 6 months.[3] 9 months later, Luna suffered an ACL injury in his left knee, during an U-23 match against Chivas.[4]
International career
[edit]Youth
[edit]Luna was part of the under-17 side that participated at the 2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship,[5] where Mexico won the competition. He was included in the Best XI of the tournament.[6] Luna also participated at the 2019 U-17 World Cup,[7] where Mexico finished runner-up.
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 19 December 2024[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Pachuca | 2022–23 | Liga MX | 29 | 3 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 1 | 31 | 4 | |
| 2023–24 | 5 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 2024–25 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 4 | ||
- ^ a b Appearances in CONCACAF Champions Cup
- ^ Appearance in Campeón de Campeones
Honours
[edit]Pachuca
Mexico U17
- CONCACAF U-17 Championship: 2019
- FIFA U-17 World Cup runner-up: 2019
Individual
References
[edit]- ^ "Cruz Azul vs. Pachuca - 10 July 2022". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 2024-07-14. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
- ^ "Carrera ascendente de Israel Luna con el Pachuca en Liga MX". Hidalgo Sport (in Spanish). 2022-08-23. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
- ^ Santoy, Héctor (2023-07-21). "Israel Luna se sumará a la lista de bajas del Pachuca para el AP 2023" [Isreal Luna to join Pachuca's list of unavailable players for Apertura 2023]. ESTO (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-12-19.
- ^ Velázquez, Alejandro (2024-04-17). "Pierden Tuzos a Israel Luna; se "tronó" la otra rodilla" [Tuzos lose Israel Luna; he "blew out" his other knee]. Criterio Hidalgo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-12-19.
- ^ "Efraín Álvarez encabeza lista del Tri para el Premundial Sub-17".
- ^ "TSG anuncia el XI Ideal Sub-17 de Concacaf 2019". Archived from the original on 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
- ^ Medel, Édgar Malagón (7 October 2019). "Revelan lista del Tri para Mundial Sub-17; la encabeza la 'joya' que Zlatan alaba" (in Spanish). Mediotiempo. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ Israel Luna at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
External links
[edit]- Israel Luna López at Liga MX (archive) (in Spanish)
- Israel Luna at WorldFootball.net
- Israel Luna at Soccerway
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