Víctor Mañón
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Víctor Omar Mañón Barrón[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 February 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Panathinaikos Chicago | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2008 | Pachuca | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2013 | Pachuca | 18 | (3) |
| 2011 | → Indios (loan) | 12 | (5) |
| 2012 | → Tulancingo (loan) | 22 | (18) |
| 2013–2014 | Veracruz | 15 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Celaya | 12 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Tlaxcala | 42 | (20) |
| 2017 | Oaxaca | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Loros UdeC | 90 | (61) |
| 2020 | Zacatecas | 7 | (3) |
| 2020 | Juárez | 4 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Tepatitlán | 53 | (15) |
| 2022 | Venados | 16 | (1) |
| 2023 | Achuapa | 19 | (2) |
| 2024– | Panathinaikos Chicago | ||
| International career | |||
| 2009 | Mexico U17 | 8 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 May 2023 | |||
Víctor Omar Mañón Barrón[a] (born 6 February 1992) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Panathinaikos Chicago.
Club career
[edit]On 8 September 2007, Mañón made his league debut for Pachuca in Matchday 7 of the 2007 Apertura, coming off the bench in the second half against Cruz Azul and needing only two minutes to provide the match-winning assist to Chaco Giménez (2–1).[2] In doing so at the age of 15 years and 7 months, he became the youngest footballer to ever play in a Mexican Primera División match, a record that he still holds.[2]
The following year, Mañón was a member of the Pachuca team that won the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, thus qualifying for the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup, in which he only played the match for third place against Gamba Osaka on 21 December, becoming, at the age of 16 years and 319 days, the youngest-ever player in the history of the Club World Cup, as well as the youngest player in an official FIFA tournament, breaking the previous record set by Samuel Eto'o in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, aged 17 years and 3 months.[better source needed][3]
It was not until nearly two years after his debut, on 5 September 2009, that Mañón scored his first goal with Club Pachuca in a match against Jaguares de Chiapas.
International career
[edit]He has played for the under-17 national team. He made three appearances in the 2009 CONCACAF U17 Championship and scored a goal.
Honours
[edit]Pachuca
- Mexican Primera División: Clausura 2007
- CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 2007, 2008, 2009–2010
Loros UdeC
- Serie A de México: Clausura 2018, 2018–2019
Tepatitlán
Notes
[edit]- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mañón and the second or maternal family name is Barrón.
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 Presented By TOYOTA — List Of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. December 5, 2008. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 9, 2008.
- ^ a b "¿Qué fue de Víctor Mañón? El 'niño' que debutó con 15 años y se esfumó de la Liga MX" [What happened to Víctor Mañón? The 'kid' who debuted at 15 and vanished from Liga MX]. www.mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). May 1, 2020. Retrieved June 23, 2025.
- ^ "Top ten African players in FIFA World Cup history". thenationonlineng.net. June 13, 2018. Retrieved June 23, 2025.
External links
[edit]- Víctor Mañón – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Víctor Mañón – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
- Víctor Mañón at Soccerway
- Víctor Mañón at Liga MX (archive) (in Spanish)
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